30 Ways Americans Were Awoken From The American Dream When Travelling Abroad

The American Dream: The land of the free, and the mega-sized Big Mac.

The U.S. of A!

America is one of the world's leaders in innovation and efficiency. In simple terms: you want it, you got it.

They gave us the Kardashians. They gave us the Dallas Cowgirls. They gave us the NFL, the NBA, and WAGs. From Taco Bell to Wendy's, we laughed with Jimmy Fallon and cried when the final episode of Friends aired in Times Square. They made it bigger, and they made it better.

There are many aspects of daily American life that are vastly different from the rest of the world. And who better to talk about them than the people who've crossed the Brooklyn Bridge or swum near the Santa Monica Pier?

So here's the big old million-dollar question:
What's something you didn't realize was very American until you left the U.S.?

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