This is actually pretty similar to what some coworkers visiting from EU wanted to do.
They were here on a two week work trip and I asked them what they were doing for their weekend. It was something like “We rented a car and are going to go to New Orleans, then to Nashville, up to New York City, over to the Grand canyon, and maybe San Francisco if we have time before we head back to the office”
I had to explain that the state we were in was larger than their country and they couldn’t cover that much ground in two days even if they only drove and didn’t stop once.
We had a good laugh and then just did a hike on Saturday :)
Edit : “in Europe 100km is a long distance and in the US 100 years is a long time”. Forget where I heard that but it seems accurate
I once saw a post from an American guy visiting family in Germany. They borrowed him a car so he could visit other family about 400KM away.
The family that owned the car spend an entire day getting it checked out by a mechanic, making sure all the fluids where fine, getting the tire pressure just right, etc.
He thought it was pretty funny because he drove double that distance every week just to go to work.
This is actually pretty similar to what some coworkers visiting from EU wanted to do.
They were here on a two week work trip and I asked them what they were doing for their weekend. It was something like “We rented a car and are going to go to New Orleans, then to Nashville, up to New York City, over to the Grand canyon, and maybe San Francisco if we have time before we head back to the office”
I had to explain that the state we were in was larger than their country and they couldn’t cover that much ground in two days even if they only drove and didn’t stop once.
We had a good laugh and then just did a hike on Saturday :)
Edit : “in Europe 100km is a long distance and in the US 100 years is a long time”. Forget where I heard that but it seems accurate
That is a British saying about Americans vs. Brits.
I once saw a post from an American guy visiting family in Germany. They borrowed him a car so he could visit other family about 400KM away.
The family that owned the car spend an entire day getting it checked out by a mechanic, making sure all the fluids where fine, getting the tire pressure just right, etc.
He thought it was pretty funny because he drove double that distance every week just to go to work.