I was very disappointed on my last trip to Europe. Like you, France was fine. It was in London and in Scotland that I came across so much hatred and ridicule for Americans. No loss of love I guess. Wish they would take back some of their actors, comedians, and newspeople though.
I met a man from Tennessee in a kebab house in south London on saturday night and, slightly inebriated, made sure that my parting words to him were ‘God bless America’.
Some people are scornful of Americans over here, but then plenty of Americans are scornful of Britain on this very website. I don’t take it personally, nor should you.
As a pipe smoker/collector, I have no special love for the Scots. On our trip to Britain, the tour guide in Glasgow took great pride in the Scottish parliament being the first to ban smoking in all businesses, even smoke shops.
When he explained about the British Commonwealth, and that Americans were not in it, I shot back, “we resigned.” he was not amused and picked on us a bit the rest of the tour.
In Edinburgh I bought a Monte Cristo number 2, imo the best cigar made, and ther was no place to smoke it, except outside, where, in April, Scottish weather is atrocious.
Funny, I have seen nothing but friendliness towards Americans, both civilian and military, in Scotland. But hey, I have only lived here my whole 43 years of life. What do I know?.
p.s we apologise for our actors being of a superior quality to American actors and stealing the leads in every quality US tv show.
p.p.s. I have met patronising and ignorant Americans in my travels to the US and in the UK and Europe too. But I dont think they stand for all people in America.