German reacts to European's FIRST IMPRESSIONS of TEXAS

[@kcgunesq]

Even before I watch this, I need to say this: Texas is so big that there are huge differences between the different regions. West Texas is totally different from East Texas. Dallas is hugely different from San Antonio. Houston is different from all of them.

[@DudeNamedDude1776]

You didn't mention that Austin is now LA but in Texas lol

[@ChuckHuffmaster]

​@@DudeNamedDude1776 Austin has been the butthole of Texas since the 70s

[@ChuckHuffmaster]

And don't forget Padre Island it's different from the whole state

[@MalkhiaSidhe]

All true. Texas is home to such a wide variety. I miss my native state dearly.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

@@ChuckHuffmaster that’s when we moved out to Dallas or outside Dallas in 1976 and we never visited Austin. That must’ve been about the time of the social change. I loved living where we did because we could go to the rodeos and I played soccer and I was in gymnastics. We lived in a really nice neighborhood, and it was hot as Hades!! Everybody was nice and it was a little bit different than southern Virginia, but I’ve always found it. Southerners were always more friendly anyway and easier to get to know.

[@inthedarkanonymous5625]

I was traveling in Texas once and went into a cell phone store. The young lady and I started talking. She was, I think, 18. She wanted to hear about my trip and confided she had never been out of Texas. I asked why. “It takes too long to get out of Texas.”

[@BLUJAI100]

Facts!!! Literally 12 hour drive between ElPaso and Texarkana, Arkansas

[@inthedarkanonymous5625]

@@BLUJAI100 yep. It’s a fur piece.

[@colormedubious4747]

"The sun has risen and the sun has set and we aren't out of Texas yet."

[@colormedubious4747]

@@BLUJAI100 It's the same from El Paso to Louisiana just using I-10.

[@gl15col]

When I was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base outside San Antonio, driving home to Michigan the longest part of the trip was inside Texas. A long, miserable haul.

[@CallitWhatitis-bn2qd]

As a Texan, it isn't loneliness you find in its vastness...it is solitude and peace.

[@trevor3013]

Eh. Im a city boy by heart and birth. But experiencing it as a visitor is always amazing. Northern California is pretty great as well.

[@davidterry6155]

@@trevor3013being from Northern California (near Mendocino- Lake County in the coastal range) and having moved to San Antonio in 2006 Much of Texas feels like the Central Valley. Sometimes Bakersfield to Modesto and other places feel like Sacramento to Redding. I miss driving my mountain roads. I don’t miss the smell of skunk everywhere from the time you get out of the car

[@trevor3013]

@@davidterry6155 I'm from Southern Cali but driving north was always amazing. Especially when you can physically feel all the extra oxygen in the air.

[@Coolkid99880]

Unless it’s nighttime and then its kind of eerie

[@GaabrielBecket]

All over the west US. I live in Oregon, which isn't as big as Texas, but we can go drive for hours many places and see no one and it's peaceful, it makes me feel calm and at home.

[@sestonn12345]

I'm a Texan from El Paso. When I was a child a teacher told me a joke. A Californian is visiting his Texas friend and they are having a cookout. Texan gives Californian the biggest burger he has ever seen. "Everything is bigger in Texas," the Texan says. Texan asks Californian if we wants a beer. Californian says yes, and Texan gives him a big pitcher full of beer, "Everything is bigger in Texas.". Californian needs to use the restroom after drinking all of that and asks where the restroom is. Texan tells him to go inside and it's the first door on his left. Californian goes inside, but he's kind of drunk, so he goes in the first door on the right instead. He takes a couple steps and falls in the swimming pool. Californian screams from inside the pool, "Don't flush it."

[@CanisMythson]

Saying Texas is bigger then Germany is an understatement, you could *almost* fit two whole Germanys into Texas.

[@jonlenihan4798]

Texas is about the size of France. Alaska is the largest US state.

[@jreyman]

1.9 DE (Germany) = 1 TX, in land space.

[@jonlenihan4798]

@@jreyman Yes. If Germany were a US state, it would be fifth largest: Alaska, Texas, California, Montana, Germany, New Mexico. The United Kingdom is about the same size as the 12th largest US state, Minnesota.

[@clinthowe7629]

we have something called club soda, which is like sparkling water it’s seltzer water for mixing drinks, and sparkling water like Perrier can be found in higher end grocery stores, it’s just not something Americans commonly drink. I find the fizz in sparkling water tastes salty to me, yet I love soft drinks like coke and dr pepper.

[@rich7447]

@@jonlenihan4798 Texas (695,000 km^2) is actually closer to the size of Ukraine (604,000 km^2). France (544,000 km^2) is an Iceland (103,000 km^2) and a Denmark (43,000 km^2) smaller than Texas.

[@lindadianesmith6013]

She’s driving through the least populated part of Texas!

[@FattSlapper]

She wanted to dodge the californians, and I dont blame her.

[@kbone8137]

Correct. She drove through one of the most isolated parts of Texas, which is not bad per se, and perhaps that is one of the things she was pursuing. I also LOVE solitude, and really enjoy the Southwest USA for that reason.

[@protorhinocerator142]

That's where all the fun is.

[@BSGSV]

Texas isn't particularly "oldschool". She is just travelling on Route66 which is mostly abandoned except for historic tourism traffic. That is why everything is classic. As far as state flags are concerned, all states have flags and fly them. Texas has a history of being an independent nation before being a US state, so maybe they tend to fly their flag more. They do tend to think of themselves as unique and sometimes separate.

[@MalkhiaSidhe]

You are correct. Texas was an independent Republic from 1836-1845. As far as I am aware, it is also the reason that we fly it at the same height as the US Flag. Also yes, we do tend to have a rather independent mind set from the rest of the US. We also have a tendancy to be rather polite until we are given good cause not to be. Sadly, this is not 100% true across the state, but my experience is that a decent portion of the state holds to this.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

I know that’s right, and she will experience a completely new world once she gets out of that isolated area and gets into bigger cities. Her road trip does not appear to go towards Houston or Dallas Fort Worth. That’s a shame because we live outside of dollars in Balch Springs from the time I was seven until I was about 13 and absolutely loved it there.. I was born in southern Virginia where I live now, but dad got a job transfer with the veterans administration and it was out in Dallas. Those were some of the happiest times of my life, and I never wanted to leave Texas!! My parents were divorced and I didn’t like living far away from mom but we got to see her every summer and she would come on greyhound and pick us up 1 June and then dad would drive to Virginia in the old pick up truck in late July and we would drive back to Texas 1 August . NOOOOO Air conditioning in that truck at all!! It was hot as hell in southern Virginia but once we hit Arkansas, it was hotter and we would stop in Little Rock and stay at a hotel and hit the pool. We would spend the night and then the next day drive on into Dallas. I loved it out there and never ever wanted to leave. My friend who are still there today you say that Texas and especially Dallas and Houston etc. etc. nothing like they were back in the 1970s and 80s. It’s changed quite a bit here in southern Virginia also because we never had any migrants here in the 1970s or 1980s and I started noticing some in the late 1990s but there have been a lot since about 2014 & We have gotten a lot over the past three or five years. I guess they go to Northern Virginia first or New York and decide they don’t like it there so then they come south here to Southern Virginia, where it’s not so crowded or expensive. Most of the people from the Middle East, I’ve met are interpreters from Afghanistan and a lot of people from Haiti, who drive for Uber. I’ve been fortunate to meet really nice people and some immigrants from Mexico. Who’ve been here for 20 years and they do really hard labor with construction and roofing.

[@wordforger]

It's also a nice-looking flag.

[@MalkhiaSidhe]

@@wordforger Agreed!

[@themightybuzzard3088]

You will not find a state whose citizens are more proud of their state than Texas. Californians are more elitist about being from California but that's not the same thing.

[@snowwann273]

i love that she didnt focus on the big cities but more on actual TEXAS and Texans. glade to have her visit and enjoy the adventure.

[@McP1mpin]

I will say that I visited Austin recently and expected it to be like San Francisco due to just how far left the residents are but it had a distinctly Texas twist.

[@tumblindice5412]

Sad she skipped the valley though, it's a whole different world there

[@FortheBudgies]

That's where most Texans live though.

[@Luci_Darling]

Hello, Born and raised Texan here. I figured i could answer some of your questions as I come across them if i can. 3:39 RVs that size cost 100,000-200,000$ depending on appliances and custom requests. 8:36 The cities are the usual tourist destinations; where she is is mostly desert land, so there is not much to do or see. 13:06 Yes, there is essentially a retractable tarp that you can purchase and attach to the back of your truck and it mostly rain proofs the back. 14:32 Any food item gives its weight or volume in both USA customary measurements as well as metric measurements. In fact, on the back, the nutritional values are almost always only in grams. 16:37 Motel stands for Motor hotel, your car parks directly in front of your room door. Basically its straight from your motor vehicle to your hotel room. 20:25 Yes, it is the most flown state flag in terms of quantity. Its very much a sense of pride amongst Texans and we put it on anything you can think of, and I mean anything.

[@GracieJanes-hv7kt]

And since Texas is a republic its flag can be flown at the same height as the US flag. I think there’s one other state that does this but most fly flags lower than the US flag

[@biketech60]

@@GracieJanes-hv7kt No , Texas is a State . It was a Republic for 9 years , ending in 1845 or 178 years ago . All State flags can be flown at the same height as the US flag . If the US flag and a state flag are flown on the same pole , the US flag must be the higher of the two . If multiple state flags fly with the US flag it must be in the center . USAF vet

[@valg.3270]

But there are millions of cars on Interstate 35!!

[@Dalec81]

@@biketech60 Correct. The only flag that can be flown higher is the Christian flag, and only on either church ground or naval vessels during services.

[@opallise]

Um, she was in Amarillo. The population is just over 200,000. It's not the middle of the desert.

[@michael-1680]

"When your car is broken down or something, and you don't have a connection to the outside world, you could die there." Yes, Chris Which is why, living in an area like that, we were taught as chidren to ALWAYS help someone you encountered, because that was the right thing to do - and it could have been YOU out there. Even today, with cell phones, I always check to see if people need help. (Because batteries die,, too!)

[@ronclark9724]

And folks get flat tires out in the middle of no where. And while cell phones allow folks to call for help, in the middle of no where that help may be an hour away. The University of Texas McDonald Observatory in West Texas is in a area of Texas where there are no street lights within 60 miles of the observatory to keep the night sky as dark as possible to see the glorious Milky Way as if you were out in the middle of a ocean. It is in a desert mostly, but as you near the Observatory the small mountains or hills have small green cedar trees. I consider this observatory a must see if you tour West Texas as it has a very nice campground...

[@jbdragon3295]

It’s also wise to have food and water and Emergancy supplies.

[@glenchapman3899]

There are similar remote places in Australia that have the same unwritten rule. We always justify it with - next time it might be you broken down and they remember and drive past you lol

[@MrTwisted003]

When I was younger I used to live in Palm Desert and had a tire blowout on a long stretch of desert road, and my dumb-ass pulled too far off the road and got stuck in the sand. My gf with me at the time was pregnant. It wasn't a less traveled road, but people normally don't stop, from what I understand. We were lucky someone stopped, they didn't have a chain to pull us out, so they drove all the way home to get it and came back to pull us out. I alway help people now.

[@Sarah-cq1vb]

I never lived in Texas but took road trips all the time on the east coast and still remember packing for road emergencies before the age of cell phones. Blankets food flashlights tools flares you name it. Because even on the east coast you could find yourself in some pretty dark desolate areas. Most of my family lived in the middle of nowhere not even near interstate highways and in the mountains at night in the winter it could get pretty sketchy.

[@sailirish7]

For all the jokes about Metric vs. Imperial, we actually use both quite extensively. The real difference is that most Americans "think" in Imperial units.

[@Aeroxima]

Probably true, but I think it's like words, you pick up the ones you hear a lot. Like if you're British living around Americans and only hear of a certain thing in American terms, you pick up the American term. It's the same with measurements, for me at least, some things I just think of in certain units and other ones for other things. To be honest, there's a few I don't even know which is metric or not on its own. (The test is "does it ever go with kilo, etc?") Just looking at a drink here now, it wasn't immediate whether liter or pint was metric, but obviously mL are a thing, so I guess pints are imperial, lol. By process of elimination. The same drink also says the fluid ounces (fl oz), and it and mL are both familiar.

[@ComotoseOnAnime]

@@Aeroxima It's one of those things that people can eyeball pretty easily because we have references. A 16.9oz bottle is 500 mL, we have 1 and 2 liter bottles, our foot long rulers have inch and cm readings on it, our speedometers on the dashes of our cars have both miles per hour and kilometers per hour. Metric is all around us and we use it often even if we don't primarily think in it. But we know enough we could cludge together an answer if we had to, like "How tall are you in cm?" I'm a little over 6 feet tall, I know that 30 cm is just shy of a foot long, so 6x30 is 180 and add about 5-10 cm for the just shy part and we get 185-190cm. Which is exactly my height range. Anyone who has worked on their vehicles would understand the sizing comparison between metric and imperial tools and which ones you can get away with using in a pinch if you lost your 10mm socket, because it's always the 10mm socket in foreign in vehicles I swear, you can make do with a 3/8ths socket as the difference between the two is like... several 0's past the decimal point of an inch.

[@cleanwillie1307]

You're right. I am a 72 year old American who grew up on imperial measurement, but I know the most common metric conversions. Conversion between C and F requires the most math processing.

[@kadinzaofelune]

Most of what he was seeing was probably protein or carbs. There are metric measurements at the bottom of the packages but they would be too small to read. Motel came from the older establishments on the original US highways that you would either park right in front of your room or in an adjacent carport. Hotels were more of a parking lot where the guest room doors were inside the building. They were also called motor inns.

[@Aeroxima]

@@kadinzaofelune Pretty sure he said kilogram

[@Monker4444]

In the Us, the difference between hotels and motels is that, in motels, your room’s door connects directly with the outside, whereas in hotels, your room’s door connects to an interior hallway. So with hotels, you have to enter the hotel and then find your hallway to find your room, but in motels, you can park immediately in front of your room and just walk straight in.

[@bkrampus9406]

you are correct, also i think it's a mashup of motor and hotel... motor-hotel = motel.

[@IAmTheRealBill]

@@bkrampus9406 and you are correct as well. :)

[@hectorsanchez1377]

Motels are good to party at Hotels are good for trips. Thats how i see it.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Hotels are usually more expensive and have nicer lobbies, a bellhop, and a place to eat breakfast. Nicer ones have a fancy restaurant or two, indoor parking, a multipurpose ballroom, maybe a spa, conference rooms, and maybe even a theatre.

[@wiiztec]

@@hectorsanchez1377 lolwut it's the opposite

[@VikingGruntpa]

Something to understand about the US is a huge portion of everything we built was built after World War 2. Almost everyone owned a car so things were built to accomodate automobiles. To put it succinctly, in Europe you built roads where the villages were. In the US we built villages where the roads were.

[@polytheneprentiss1534]

Towns where the railroad is/was too

[@DaWhiteWolffie]

Also in the 1800s during the big expansions, distance and solitude were looked for obsessively by early settlers. If you could see your neighbor's smoke coming out of their chimney, then you were too close to your neighbor and needed to move out further away from people!

[@NoName-fx9zi]

Also built villages where the resources were. Coal and mineral mines, oil, etc.

[@foobar6194]

Also, where good harbors were, and where navigable rivers met.

[@dirkbsilver9260]

That is how Perryton was born. They literally moved two towns to the railroad.

[@quentinmichel7581]

There's an old joke.. that no matter how far you drive in Texas, you're always 200 miles from Amarillo. 😂

[@downloadableskills]

San antonio says hi from 508 miles away. :)

[@downloadableskills]

I say that because I wish it was closer. Id love to head to Amarillo on a whim

[@loyfrye6664]

​@downloadableskills can you make Amarillo by morning?

[@downloadableskills]

@@loyfrye6664 Out from San Antone?

[@2605Grace]

I'm about an hour northeast of Amarillo and still an hour and a half south of Oklahoma. The panhandle is a whole other country.

[@MonoElm]

Just FYI, it’s a weird European misconception that Americans don’t understand the metric system. Yes, we use the Imperial system primarily, but most things also have the metric measurements/weights right next to the imperial one. All food and beverage packaging, for example has both. Our speedometers in cars have kph right underneath mph. All of our rulers and tape measures are two sided.

[@hackerx7329]

Also all medications are measured in metric. The only things I can think of that are primarily/only measured in imperial are peoples/animals measurements such as weight and height, vehicle fuel is only measured in gallons and most road signs are only in miles but you do sometime see dual measurement signs, food at restaurants and gas stations where you will see things like quarter and half pound burgers or a 32 ounce drink. and sir/water temperature for weather reports and such. The fact is the USA did officially switch to the metric system decades ago and all imperial measurements that are still in common use are calibrated against metric measurements.

[@Princess_Celestia_]

Dude... that's only for old cars from back when I was a kid, cars these days only have 1 displayed, you want the other you have to go into the settings and switch it from U.S. to metric.

[@adamwade4764]

FOOTBALL is still all in feet/Yards

[@gotham61]

It's not a misconception. Most Americans wouldn't have a clue how long a kilometer is, how tall they are in centimeters, how much they weigh in kilograms, or what their car's gas mileage is in Litres per 100 km which is how they measure it in the rest of the world.

[@nightlyrowentree6047]

​@gotham61 same with the opposite to though 😅 but that's the beauty of Google

[@Lasers666]

9:35 The accent wasn’t the problem at all. In the US, nobody calls it “still water”. Sparkling water is sparkling water, but still water is just “water”.

[@barryfletcher7136]

US Immigration gave her a hard time at the border because they suspected she was entering the USA to work without a work visa. An American entering Germany suspected of doing the same thing would also have a difficult time from the German immigration service.

[@edwardsanromani1140]

Didn't some of the stamps in her passport also contribute to her border difficulties? Or am I misremembering?

[@barryfletcher7136]

@@edwardsanromani1140 That I don't recall.

[@hopelawrence2022]

Ye, scrutiny is automatically harsher at the southern border. Had she passed through Canada they would’ve waved her through with flying colors…

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

@@edwardsanromani1140 Yes, She had two stamps in her passport that raised red flags and caused her to get detained for extra questions. One was Iran and I can't recall the other one. The border checkpoint she used was also one of the more dangerous ones, so they have extra tight security there and really give the 3rd degree to someone with flagged countries in their passport.

[@jameslawson2663]

Having a darker complexion doesn’t help whether they admit it or not.

[@Elizabeth-rh1hl]

This is why we are a car culture. You can’t always catch a train or a bus. You need a car unless you live and work in a large city.

[@Zsinj3]

It's also a bit self-reinforcing as well, as we used huge roadways to connect us when things were so massively far apart and as the world has grown 'smaller' through new technologies and such the US has stayed a car culture because everyone has a car. So now, everyone has a car so they don't want to rely on public transit and new construction gets built in ways which support and benefit personal transportation, which then means the new places more or less require you to have a car, repeat ad infinitum

[@dramspringfeald]

"I haven't seen my family in 10 years cause they live so far away" - some Brit living 18 miles away American "I have to go to town for food an hour and a half away'

[@deco2gogo]

This is why electric cars will never become popular for anyone who doesn't live in a big city. Until the technology improves, you really need a gas powered engine to drive across huge distances.

[@dramspringfeald]

@@deco2gogo lol, where I'm at, an EV has about 1/2 it's range in the summer and 1/3 it's range in the winter if we don't dip under 0f

[@4G63Tx]

Exactly. Another reason why public transit is so weird to me. I’ve always had a car, since I was 16 years old. You have to to get around here.

[@Belthazar1113]

One of the things that struck me was the instant fear, "Without a connection to the outside world you could break down and die there" I mean, on the one hand, that is true-- however, in places like that, if someone sees you stranded, they are 99% to stop and help. Human's tend to get a lot more reasonable and friendly when they have enough space to spread out and not feel threatened.

[@ronclark9724]

When you drive into a desert area, bring a quart to a gallon of water just in case your vehicle does break down. The Texas heat especially during the summer months. There is a reason why in the old western films the cowboys, robbers, and native Indians brought water, not only for themselves but also for their horses...

[@Zurenza]

Actually, tbf, fun fact. Texas driver's license have a number on the back you can always call for emergency's or roadside assistance. And, while there are a few places that you can have 0 service, you usually get AT LEAST enough to make an emergency call.

[@shannonyates8477]

They will fix flats, bring coolant, and 5 gallons of gas batteries charged etc. and they do it for you matter of fact if you call the number the last thing they say is do not get out of the car, they will be there in xx minutes or x hours.

[@lynnleino2096]

As a women I'm more afraid of the lack of medical care there. A car tow is one thing, lack of medical care is another.

[@hotrodhendrix1]

Texans are proud Americans and even more proud Texans.

[@garlicbreth3]

Texas is the greatest country in America!

[@xXxmajikmanxXx]

as a texan, the whole two hours without seeing another car is def a thing in certain parts of texas, you have to remember texas is larger than most European countries, and is bigger than germany. I'm in san antonio and to get to el paso takes about 8 hours

[@ArgentLeftovers]

It looked like she was hitting the back roads up to the Panhandle. Hell, on the Panhandle back roads you can go for 2 hours easily without seeing another living thing.

[@Sadarsa]

@@ArgentLeftovers from what i saw of her route it looks like she took the 83 to the 87.. and that's a 1000 miles of almost nothin'

[@karenk2464]

And there's really nothing in between except small towns like Boerne, Kerrville, and Junction, until you get to Van Horn.

[@deedeeseecee9294]

I live in El Paso and it takes me 10 hours to drive to Dallas/Plano doing 80-90 mph in-between cities only stopping for gas and bathroom break.

[@wingsclippedwolf]

And if that other car is law enforcement, and you are driving one mile an hour over the speed limit, you WILL get a ticket. The cop is bored and what are you going to do about it, drive to the courthouse near the middle of nowhere and contest it?

[@krischambers9021]

As a Texan it's cute to see other cultures visit and be amazed by things we take for granted.

[@x_grim_reefer_x]

This!

[@Nobodyshere1105]

Yes. Reminds me to be thankful.❤

[@SventFulgur]

Me with the Riverwalk everytike someone visits. I'm not the kind to frequent downtown but seeing people's first experience there is a treat

[@thomascleveland9777]

I haven't been to the Riverwalk since 1972. Think about going some times ,but I don't like driving in san antonio .

[@GoodnightMoon666]

The slushy was an eye opener. They're not even *that* good and yet she was so excited to get one

[@rohan1970b]

motel -- a roadside hotel designed primarily for motorists, typically having the rooms arranged in a low building with parking directly outside. :)

[@AnnieDC304]

Motel = Motor Hotel

[@Princess_Celestia_]

Hotel = The room doors on the inside Motel = The room doors are on the outside. Hotels, at least the good ones, also have a built in bar and restaurant.

[@TheBruceGday]

Yep. Motor Hotel. Motel, doors on the outside, directly access your room from the outside, park outside your room. Hotel, only a few entrances. Doors off a hallway inside.

[@shufadragon]

A Motel in my mind, is focused on customers that are spending multiple days driving to their destination.

[@donnasmith7974]

As I kid I made up a way to remember the difference. As stated motel was motor-tel. Doors are outside for easy car access. Hotel was home-tel needing to go inside like a house to get to rooms.

[@ethanh9275]

As a texan, I've got a few things: I have never seen a drive through store and I love it. -Many people here hate pickup trucks in the more urban areas, they tend to be the more agressive drivers and blind the shorter cars -Pickup trucks have holes in the rear of the bed to drain water, but there are covers you can install, or big covers that make your truck look like an SUV

[@Dziadzia-d6e]

I saw her vid on the problem she had at the border and don't blame her for being scared. But, as I told her in the comments, she crossed into the US from Mexico, a dangerous part of the border with drug cartels, human traffickers, etc. She arrives in a car with Polish plates, a foreign Passport, alone. The Border Patrol was no doubt making sure she was who she said she was.

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

Hmm, I think I'll visit Iran because I want to see how oppressed women are over there and then go to the United States.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

I used to go to Mexico a lot with my Mexican friends. They lived in the US for years but would still drive down a few times a year to visit family and such. I would be in a car full of Mexicans and I'm just some white dude. I would always get hassled. They would always ask me tons of questions and look at me with tons of suspicion. None of them would ever get a second look.

[@richardjohnson4052]

To put this in persective, the Navajo Indian Reservation occupies only one small corner of Arizona. That reservation is LARGER than Ireland. You can toss both Denmark and Belgium into that reservation and still have room left over. Indian Tribes in Arizona live on reservations larger than many European nations.

[@blagoyavichrod]

In the US we use ALL forms of measurements.

[@billolsen4360]

That's right. When I was a Lubrication Technician at Jackson Street Conoco as a teenager, I was amazed at how many new American-built cars had metric fittings in the 80s.

[@Andrewy27]

​@@billolsen4360 or the fact you can be using a 12mm on one part and a 3/8" on another

[@ViolentKisses87]

Medical measurements are always metric.

[@whiterabbit75]

Freedom units are very inclusive. Down in Florida, we measure heat by how many drops of sweat pour into your eyes within a minute of stepping outside. "Is it hot outside?" "Naw, I'd say it's only four drops, at most."

[@ADHDqueenB]

It honestly depends on the function and situation. Cooking is often imperial but we measure things like protein and fat in grams. They often list imperial first and then metric in the weight of packaged foods.

[@LaneRoadevilPhilan]

I lived in Arizona for 20+ years, then moved to Mississippi. The difference between the two is astounding. Not only is the physical land different, but the culture was completely foreign to me. I understand her, and your, use of "exotic."

[@Sandcastleprincess]

I have lived in AK, WA and OR. I have relatives in FL and whenever I visit it feels like a different planet.

[@pamelaforth7820]

My husband (a native born Texan) decided to 'show' me (an import from Detroit), the State of Texas. At one point we drove across the King Ranch, which is the largest ranch in Texas. It took us HOURS to cross that ranch. It has an area of 3,338 sq. kilometers! I love Texas!

[@michaelneal3162]

As a Texan I can say we love our state. And you have to understand we are bigger than half of Europe. And I can tell you she is in the middle of no where. There are plenty of modern places, she just isn't in one of them.

[@charlayned]

Hey now, her route was up from Mexico to Amarillo (I peeked at the map). We're just different up there, still modern, but with a really "quiet" place.

[@theHOAmestead]

​@charlayned I think the point is that she didn't drive through the big cities. I'm only halfway through the video but she just needed to visit a large city or two to broaden the experience. You can't take a single road trip through 2 lane backroads to get the full Texas experience... as much as I love the 2 lane backroads!

[@bobh9492]

I’m surprised no one told her to stock up on water on her drive. There are some places you can get stuck and stroke out in the heat if you’re not hydrated.

[@colormedubious4747]

If you hadn't already heard, she was detained at the U.S. border because her passport was chock-full of visas from some VERY sketchy countries, at least two of which are featured players on certain rather notorious watch lists. She and her car were thoroughly searched, she was repeatedly questioned, she was handcuffed for only a brief period, and then she was allowed in with a 6-month visa. Part of her problem is her spontaneous approach to international travel. Not all of her documents were in order until the last possible moment, which tends to ratchet up the Border Patrol's suspicion levels. She COULD have visited any one of the TEN United States diplomatic offices in Mexico to make sure things would go more smoothly BEFORE arriving at the border -- but she didn't.

[@txaggievet]

So she gets detained, but millions just walk across without any passport... makes sense

[@ithinkthonkthunk5333]

if she walked in illegally she would not of had a problem - once Trump becomes POTUS again the border will close up to only legal migration

[@palirvin1871]

@@txaggievet That is because those are future Democrat Party voters, they have special privileges.

[@colormedubious4747]

@@txaggievet Elections have consequences.

[@jaydeleon8094]

@@txaggievet millions get deported every year. and more are in jail or in trials lol. just so you know, Trump expulsed only 2 million people in 4 years, with laws that specifically allowed him to do so without trials. obama beat him by nearly 200k, and biden expulsed 2.8 million in his first two years using trumps own laws.

[@dennispage8921]

Chris, In 1953 I moved to Germany with my family as my father was in the U.S. Air Force. The day I got off the boat In Bremerhaven I turned 6 yrs old. We lived there for three years. I loved the area we lived at, Bitburg and Spangdahlem AF bases. We travelled all over. In 1956 my father received orders for Texas. We lived there 6 years. Now at 76 yrs old I live in Colorado and it reminds me of Germany.

[@coldcoma]

Most people in America don't know what "still" means in reference to water. No wonder the drive thru clerk was confused. In the US we would just say regular or normal water to differentiate it from sparkling aka fizzy water.Of course Americas do know what a Slurpee is, I suspect she corrected her to "slushie" because Slurpee is actually a trademarked brand name.

[@Thoths_Pen]

We always call it sparkling or flat water here in parts of the SE. I’m in Georgia. Don’t know what they call it in other places.

[@CelticSpiritsCoven]

Very few people actually drink "sparkling water". That's just weird. I don't know of a single drive-thru that has sparkling water as an option.

[@michaelm.1947]

@@Thoths_Pen "Flat water"? Interesting! I'm from WA State. Although I've driven through most of the states, I don't recall ever hearing the term, 'flat water'. Learn something new every day! I think we'd just call it 'water' or a 'bottle of water' since I don't think there's really many alternatives. I don't recall sparkling water being readily available outside of a grocery store.

[@yoohootube]

@@CelticSpiritsCoven Sparkling water is one of the most popular drinks, and would be available at a drive-in convenience store

[@coldcoma]

@@CelticSpiritsCovenYeah dude, literally no normal Drive thru would have that. But this was not an ordinary drivethru. I've seen it plenty of times at grocery stores.

[@bgeigleg2508]

She cracked me up when she checked to see if anyone was hauling anything in their trucks. You don't haul things all the time, but when you have yard work and construction projects on occasion they really come in handy :-)

[@antonioiniguez1615]

The vast majority of pickup truck owners never use their trucks for hauling anything. The vast majority get them because they need a big stupid dangerous car to feel like a man

[@bgeigleg2508]

@@antonioiniguez1615 Not sure what to tell you. I live in Texas and lots of people out here with large yards and acreage and they need little trucks or big trucks to help manage their yard or haul things to and from the house.

[@antonioiniguez1615]

@@bgeigleg2508 I live in Texas too and I can safely say 90% of the trucks I see aren't used

[@unclejim1528]

@benjaminmorris4962 I've owned pickups almost all my life (almost), I've used the pickup part on everyone, and I always lived in suburbs. 90% of the time I use it as a car, but I'm not going and renting a u haul or something for the 10%. If you're allergic to work (dusty man stuff) then yeah, you see/have no use for them. If you want to tell if they are used for work, look for scratches and dents inside the bed, also when they are new, most people are a lot more delicate with them, the GMC I had with no scratches, I managed to keep it nearly scratch free for two years. By middle of its life it was snow plowing and hauling a 7K lbs trailer. And sometimes they are bought for their suspension, not the bed, ex. oil fields, friendly advice, don't buy used pickups in the oil fields areas, they look brand new but that suspensions has worked rally races style. Yes, there is a lot used as cars, but not nearly as many as you think. Oh, btw, that 94 GMC Sierra, I jumped it twice, Silver Lake Sand Dunes Michigan, once on purpose, once by accident. Bubba was the best truck I ever had. 14 years and 240,000 city/suburb miles together. Miss that bastard.

[@bgeigleg2508]

@@antonioiniguez1615 You must have a lot of free time on your hand to take the time to calculate how many people utilize their trucks for yard work...

[@weswalker1208]

Texas was once its own country

[@joebombero1]

There are historical markers, placed by Texas, marking the locations of the former embassies (called "legation" in the 1800s). The one in London is directly across from the St. James Palace, the building is still standing. The one in Paris is marked on a hotel, but the original building is no longer there. There were two in Belgium, but I have not located the historical markers, if they were ever marked.

[@erc18]

Yeah, after they succeeded from Mexico because they wanted slavery to continue to be legal

[@lewisbrodnax7898]

In many ways it still is. Even most Texans don't know that when t US supreme court ruled that it was no longer possible to leave the United States, the messenger should have rode a faster horse. We already had. But not willing to go back to war, the new legislative body of t Sovereign Republic adjourned forever. We just forgot to ratify it. Texas is/ and is not an independent country. True fact.

[@elessarsgirl4883]

Yeah, baby!!

[@M_M_ODonnell]

Texas left multiple countries, and for the same reason (not "independence").

[@nikkipage6919]

Texan here. Thank you for doing this video. 🎉 New subscriber. Also, despite our differences, political or otherwise, Texans tend to be pretty friendly. We love to welcome others and share what we have. Edit: for trucks, you can get a modification that covers the bed of the truck. My dad has one. Keeps your things dry and keeps them from flying out of the bed when you're traveling well over the speed limit down the highway. 😂

[@manxkin]

She’s only driving on a minuscule portion of Rt. 66. It’s 2448 miles long. To say it isn’t scenic is well, not fair. Yeah, that particular section wasn’t that great. And she’s traveling through a very sparsely populated part of Texas. If she was in any of the big cities like Dallas or Houston she would have a different experience. Not better or worse, just different. I do admire her for taking this incredible journey. I haven’t taken a road trip for a while.

[@excalibur1812]

Greetings from Killeen, Texas. My mother was actually born in 1932 in Radldorf, Germany. She met my dad, who was stationed there with the U S. Army from 1955-58. Then she moved here to the U.S. My dad had two more tours to Germany in Manheim from 1965-68 and to Zweibrucken in 1971. Some of my fondest memories are visiting my Oma in Radldorf. It was mostly a farming community, but it was very scenic and beautiful. Even though I was 10-11 when I was last there, these images are burned into my brain. My mother had to grow up amidst unspeakable hardships during the reign of Hitler. She lost 2 brothers in the German Army on the very last day of WWII. My mother was a wellspring of knowledge and information. Unfortunately, her life was cut short at 79 in 2011 when she fell backwards on her head on our driveway. The stories that we heard growing up all of our lives about her experiences growing up and her relatives were actually the first things that I missed when she passed in 2011. Thank you for the lovely video. Best wishes, Frank.

[@dark12ain]

When she started to check the truck beds I was losing it😂 like what are you doing lady😂

[@michaelm.1947]

That kind of worried me. Someone could definitely come out of the store and quickly get the wrong idea.

[@dark12ain]

@@michaelm.1947 exactly

[@OpposingPony]

​@@michaelm.1947exactly. And this is Texas, you'll have a gun pulled on you, looking in those truck beds.

[@Runivis]

Breaking down in the middle of central west Texas might be a couple hours of waiting for a tow truck, but it's nothing life threatening unless it's the middle of summer and you didn't bring any water. If she had detoured more toward the east there would be a ton of trees, stations, and cars passing by. The small towns are exactly like this though, some of the best jerky and steak you'll ever have. Everyone owns pickups either because they need it or because their daddy wouldn't let them get a car. We use metric. Except on vehicles, distances, liquids, tools, or buildings. Motel is just a cheap hotel, usually only 1 or 2 floors tall. Source: I live here

[@shirleybain8070]

Texans love their Texas…and they are proud to display it. Texas was its own country before joining America

[@theinternetknows]

Still is!

[@gawainethefirst]

And we will remind you of that at every opportunity.

[@jeepdude7359]

Taysha by the Native Americans, and Tejas in Spanish. It means friend, unless you are talking bad about Texas.. I wouldn’t recommend it.

[@kevingray8616]

@@jeepdude7359 And if you go to the right rural places in Texas they will still call you "friend" even if you're a stranger.

[@valibas1]

na i hate it here. wish i could afford to get the f out of texas

[@niceofgames]

To answer a few things about Texas: 1. It is less loneliness and more solitude. However, that makes city centers like the small towns feel that much livelier. 2. There are some trucks that have cover options for the back. More times than not, you just throw a tarp over it that tends to work. As a general rule we tend to not worry too much about clothes or luggage getting wet as there is typically a place to help you with the issue at your destinations. 3. The reason a lot of things are MASSIVE in Texas is primarily because when you buy food, you are buying for yourself and company. Either that or you don’t go to the store often so you tend to buy what you need for the week or month and just call it a day.

[@BrLoc]

The U.S. is an amazing place to explore BUT, be forewarned there are places here where you really need to be prepared for almost anything. It's beautiful yes, but also can be quite dangerous when travelling. The desert is no joke.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

Exactly!!! Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and certain areas of California like death Valley in San Bernardino 29 palms in Palm Springs can’t be very very deadly. We moved out in 29 palms on the Marine Corps base and it was a tragedy that a 20-year-old marine went on his two weeks reserve duty out in the desert with his unit, and somehow got separated. This is some thing that never ever happens in the Marine Corps or our arm services and apparently he didn’t have a walkie talkie or he was out of distance . Nobody knows, but there were helicopters and aircraft up in the sky nonstop for two weeks looking for him and they continue to look for him but it wasn’t 24/7 After the first week or 10 days because they knew there was no way he could survive out there that long without water and it was about 125° and no shade at about another 10°. SOO SAD!! I will never forget that because we lived in the NCO housing and my husband was a sergeant, and we lived practically right beside the police station and not far from the airbase either and they were always flying over our housing area which were town houses to go out into the desert to look for this young Man. It took A long long time to find him. I remember it, and I was so sad, and it really shook the base to the core and everybody who lived there. Nobody could imagine how in the world anybody can get separated from their unit like that and then the tragedy of this 19 to 20 year old Lance Corporal reserve tragically dying that way and of course it was dehydration.

[@wordforger]

YES. So many people have died in Death Valley in particular because they ignored the name and weren't prepared. That's the most (in) famous example, but any place removed from humans can be pretty dangerous here.

[@LAMan394]

​@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023Me and another Marine got left out in the middle of nowhere at 29 Palms with no radio. We were supposed to guard a dirt road crossing during a huge training event. It was the middle.of summer and we never saw anyone. We just dug in and stayed put. Luckily, after a few days someone remembered us.

[@FallacyBites]

Yeah. Look up the Death Valley Germans. It is such a horrific tragedy, because they didn't realize how BIG and empty our country often is, and by the time they realized they were in danger, it was too late 💔

[@christhevancura9113]

Motel is like a hotel you drive up to, motel like moter inn..Also El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to Dallas..Most of the states population is in the Eastern parts.. The Triangle or golden Triangle Dallas to Houston to San Antonio to Austin to Waco to Fort Worth back to Dallas .BTW Beaumont also has what they call the golden Triangle..Just smaller.. I remember people would joke that Texas is bigger than France..lol😂...East Texas is God's country. Palestine, Tyler, Marshall, Lufkin Nacadoches,Livingston, Jasper, Kirbyville , Beaumont..You missed a lot actually..And never had Chicken Fried steak or the BBQ...Or Tex Mex ..You need 2 or three more months 😂..Welcome back you hear .

[@fishbird2536]

Hey Chris, another native Texan here who has lived in almost every part of our state ... as you and many others have said, it' is very "large" but also very diverse. I really enjoyed watching this gal from Poland explore the backroads, where the people are authentic, friendly and helpful. I hope you also get to visit us one day. I was stationed in Germany for 3 years while in the Army (near Wurtzburg) and loved every minute of my time there., especially the wonderful towns, food and skiing! Germans are also warm, wonderful people ... we'd travel all over Europe and when we crossed back into Germany, it was like finally getting back home. I wish you a wonderful, adventurous life! p.s. yes, we fly (or paint) our Texas flag everywhere , I do believe we're more proud of it, than most other states are of theirs.

[@timmooney7528]

Motel is an abbreviated version of "motor hotel". They're a byproduct of the highway system.

[@sharcrum]

I think it's because you can drive right up to your room. Motor hotel.

[@pathfollower]

​@@sharcrum correct. Doors to rooms are on the outside of a motel. They are in a hall on the inside for a hotel.

[@kcgunesq]

Saying Route 66 isn't scenic because she is in one spot that isn't scenic. It runs thousands of miles There are plenty of scenic places and plenty of not so scenic places along the route.

[@RunningGrass-we7tm]

I think Texas r 66 is scenic.. its flat fields and 🏜 desert.. to me, its beautiful.

[@OkiePeg411]

It's not famous because it's "scenic". It's famous because of its history and the quirky iconic towns and places along the way. It's reminiscent for those of us old enough to have been kids when our families took road trips on it and other roads like it. Very Americana!!

[@kcgunesq]

@@OkiePeg411 To be fair, it likely would have been (and regarded as such) much more scenic in its prime, due to the number of attractions and businesses marketing to travelers.

[@charleysage5827]

And us Texans can also tell which region we're from depending on the accent.

[@ronclark9724]

@@OkiePeg411 US 66 in Amarillo is like a shot of back to the past, the 50's, with art deco gas stations with restaurants and motels... Much like many of the small towns on Highway 66...

[@Emily-qg3ej]

Making friends at campsites in Texas is always a fun time. When I was in college, a group of my friends all went camping in tents to float a river. We were broke students and had tiny tents and a beer cooler. But a luxury RV was at the next site. They were celebrating retiring. They had a fully functional disco ball, RV and full size frozen margarita machine. Every served us all frozen margaritas and we stayed up all night, the college kids and the 65+ retiree group, partying under the disco ball by a campfire, drinks in hand. 😂

[@mdoreneb5315]

The thing I learned about living in the USA, is there is much to see and experience! Go see it while you are young. Most people see the USA when they are retired, and many miss out on really seeing it. The body doesn't not allow you to walk out to a lookout point. To climb to the top of the mountain. To take the longest trail in the caves. Listen to what this girl said about listening to your voice and not others. At age 77, I have seen a lot of the USA but not all that it has to offer. We have great Nation Parks. We have great people throughout the USA. We have great food dishes from all the different people from all over the world. GO SEE AMERICA, while you have a young mind and body and you will do everything in your power to protect it.

[@I_am_ENSanity]

As a native Texan, I'd love for more people to come and visit us. Most of us just want others to enjoy our state, food, and culture.

[@susieq6212]

And then go home! Lol!

[@rriddick8571]

Facts

[@rriddick8571]

​@@susieq6212😂😂😂

[@mrbossmacc29]

Please don’t encourage more people to come here

[@threewheelingwithgene4254]

People all around the world know that the state of Texas is ran by Republicans and they hate our guts all throughout the world and they will never come here because of the hatred that runs rampant in this state

[@wheelermaximus6736]

Chris, if you drive from Brownsville, Texas to Texline, Texas, it's a distance of 956 miles. Driving from Texline, Texas to Canada is 960 miles. Think of that, only 4 more miles. My nephew lives in Norway and when he asked how big Texas was, I sent him a map of Texas super imposed on Europe. He said, "That's insane"! He has never been to America, much less Texas. So I am looking forward to him coming one day. By the way, as a kid, I spent almost 4 years in Wiesbaden. Loved it there. This young lady, Eva, has more videos of her travels that are amazing.

[@michaelmichaelagnew8503]

True it took me 4 hours to drive from Germany to Paris. Takes me over 12 hours to drive from Dallas to El Paso.

[@colormedubious4747]

@@michaelmichaelagnew8503 Alexa says that's only a nine hour drive. How slow were you driving?

[@clydedyson2147]

​@@colormedubious4747I am sure it took him about 3 hours to get out of Dallas.😂 and 9 hours to travel the rest of the way to El Paso. 😅

[@colormedubious4747]

@@clydedyson2147 🤣

[@Joe-nr9xf]

@@colormedubious4747 I-20 is on some shit 99% of the time

[@kcgunesq]

1. Most packaged products have the weights in both imperial and SI as they are often sold in Canada. 2. The hamburger meat was definitely packaged in pounds. That is, whatever weight they were marketing it at, e.g., 5lb, 10lb, 20lb, and then the equivalent SI would have been also marked.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Also on some of them he was reading where they advertise the grams of protein per serving. Health info is in metric.

[@dodopod]

Though, in this case, I think she just read the number on the package as metric. That hamburger said "20 1/2 lb patties," meaning 10 lbs of meat, or about 4.5 kg. A lot of hamburger, but definitely not 20 kg.

[@StarshipTrooper32]

Lots of German ancestry in Texas, especially in the Texas Hill Country, northeast San Antonio to just West of Houston.

[@lisaeaker9064]

Driving country roads is literally the absolute best in Texas it’s the best form of therapy that you can’t buy

[@kevingray8616]

Very true. Get out of the rat race to gain some perspective.

[@yahyahyor]

Yesss when i lived in florida I always complained about missing my Texas roads... so spacious, so many places where there is NOBODY else driving its actually heaven

[@lisaeaker9064]

@@yahyahyor so true honestly I don’t know how anyone stayed sane to reach mid 20’s without back country roads

[@lisaeaker9064]

@@kevingray8616 it’s a must

[@timmccoy4875]

RVs cost depends on size small ones are around $20,000.00 and larger ones can range up to a Million dollars, these are luxary vehicles and are a house on wheels.

[@TheRockkickass]

The one she showed is prolly closer to $200,000

[@rustygunner8282]

That RV is called a “5th Wheel”. It’s a trailer but is secured to the towing vehicle with the same sort of pin arrangement that tractor/trailer rigs use. They are very roomy, especially once all the slide-outs are deployed.

[@ronclark9724]

@@rustygunner8282 Europeans have caravans maybe 6 meters/ 18 feet in length, whereas a 5th wheel RV maybe 12 meters/ 36 feet or more in length with slide outs as well...

[@YourGodStalin]

@@TheRockkickass they're surprisingly cheap, it's much closer to 45-55k USD.

[@TheRockkickass]

@@YourGodStalin not the one I want

[@Frank-os6gq]

Texas was once its own country and its current economy is bigger than some countries so people are very proud of it. And its the only state in the union that can fly its flag at the same height as the American flag, all others must be lower when side by side.

[@joebombero1]

If it did become an independent nation again (Texit referrendum, asking Texas citizens to vote whether to remain a state or become an independent nation again might be on the ballot next year) the economy of Texas would place it as #8 largest economy in the world.

[@Audi-tj3yw]

We use grams to measure small amounts of things occasionally. In this case it was likely the protein content, per serving.

[@Jimbo-ef5fo]

As someone who was born in England, and moved to Houston Texas at age 16, I can safely say I still haven't gotten used to how HUGE the freeways are, even after 10 years of living in this massive city

[@colinbaxter4732]

Chris, every State has a State Flag, bird, animal, flower, song & nickname. Usually time to something in its history. For example, I am from California. Which is “The Golden State” because of the California Gold Rush in the 1800s. Texas is “Lone Star State,” Alaska is “The Final Frontier,” Hawaii is “The Aloha State,” & New York is “The Empire State,” etc.

[@aaronburdon221]

Indiana is the Hoosier state. Wisconsin the dairy state.

[@danpalacios1540]

The more rural parts of America will often feel like stepping back in time. This is partly due to the economic challenges requiring folks to maintain what they have rather than replacing things (including buildings). Large corporations won't tend to take over because the limited market isn't worth it to them. There is also a cultural aspect. Folks who live in small communities have to rely on themselves and each other so are somewhat insulated from popular fads and trends. Diners and motels are probably examples of both these elements in action.

[@nowelltheowl5619]

Texan here, had a college friend of mine who was from Asia ask me how much it would cost to take a trip around all of the as he put them, "Big Texas cities". Turns out he meant the ones that appear first on the maps app. Those being El Paso, Lubbock, Abeline, Fort Worth, Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Corpus Christi. So I had to have a fun conversation explaining that it takes longer to get to some of those cities from where we are, than it would be to drive across whole countries. Insanely smart person, but in that moment, failed at geography.

[@andronicase]

I love watching videos like this. I get to see my America through the eyes of someone who is completely unbiased. I can also see the confusion in their opinion about what they are experiencing. But just like seeing Christmas through the eyes of a child I am amazed by all the things I have missed.

[@georgeelliott2342]

Eva travelled through West Texas which is sparely populated. If she had travelled through central or East Texas she would have seen an entirely different place. It's all very nice, but very diverse because Texas is a very large place.

[@madisonhasson8981]

If she had gone through East Texas she would have been shocked by the quantity of pine trees and alligators.

[@danielstarr9037]

She woulda left pretty quick if she came up through Orange and Vidor 😂😂

[@Rose-z4h6k]

The drive-thur culture is part of the suburban lifestyle, where you have three kids in the car. One needs to go to softball practice, another to ballet lessons and the toddler is just along for the ride, because you don't have a sitter. You also have to pickup a prescription, go to the bank, and get an after school snack. The drive-thur makes this possible without unloading the kids at each stop.

[@powerdude4e]

I'm in Texas and will probably never see it all.😭 However, through KZbin, I have been subscribed to Eva's channel for a couple of years. It gives me the chance to see elsewhere in the world through brand new eyes. Seeing other continents is as exciting as the "circuitous!" route through Texas. Being stuck at home with an auto-immune disease, I can still see the world through the many YT channels that give me wings. Thank you Chris, for being one of them.

[@timmccoy4875]

You can put a tonneau cover on the truck bed. Yes, we do use the metric system mixed with the standard system. A motel is designed for motorists, often having exterior room entrances and adjacent parking, while a hotel offers a broader range of services, including restaurants, fitness centers, and rooms accessed through interior corridors. A motel is usually located along highways or roadsides, while a hotel is usually located in urban cores or tourist destinations. A motel is cheaper and more basic, catering to short-term stays, while a hotel is more expensive and more luxurious, offering more amenities and comfort.

[@GetsumJ]

I enjoyed watching her journey and her finding some real Texans (Not city version). I was born and raised here, most of my 63 years on my farm in North Texas. We help and protect each other and really don't care about your race or background. We still say Sir and Ma'am, a handshake is a binding contract, and can be somewhat over-protective of women and children. Our lives are based on Honesty, Integrity, and Respect. I love seeing people get to know the real Texans.. not the TV versions.

[@purplelove392]

I lived in Dallas when the series was out and hated the stereotypes!

[@moniker7005]

agreed wholeheartedly, too many focus on the cities while missing out on the real Texas. I recommend avoiding interstate highways and stay on the FM's.

[@nancyolson3417]

I watched her whole series and loved it! The part of the USA she loved the most was cowboy country, rodeos, and all that goes with it.

[@michaelrunnels7660]

Yes. Her favorite state is Montana. She considered settling down in Montana.

[@jackiemonelius5982]

We have a truck, but it's because of the weather. Im just north of Texas (oklahoma) and we have hot summers, flooding in spring and ice in the winter. A truck tends to be the safest route

[@allen_p]

In flat, flooding Houston, a truck is very useful.

[@JayEvans1911A1]

I'm not from Texas, I'm from Oklahoma, a neighboring state. I've been to Texas more times than I can remember over the years. She was out in the Texas panhandle, that's why it is so remote, and why she could go so long without seeing anybody. There's not a lot out there. If she had traveled through Central Texas, or East Texas, it would have been a different experience for her. There's way more people, and lots more traffic, especially near the cities. Edit: It's common to see flags here in the US, not just in Texas. I see so many US flags, and Oklahoma state flags, that I don't always notice them. It's just a normal every day part of the scenery, so I don't really pay attention to it.

[@chris8612]

Kinda surprised she didn't at least visit one big city here. We are the 2nd most populated state.

[@ronclark9724]

If she was driving on I-10 or I-20 there would have been much more vehicle traffic, especially trucks on the highway. But she was driving on a Texas farm to market road, not a US interstate highway...

[@jbdragon3295]

In Texas, it’s the state flag everywhere. In most other states, everyone is showing the American flag, not their state slag. I’m in CA and the only place I see the state flag is at government buildings with the American flag. Texas is all about Texas first.

[@mentaya11]

@@jbdragon3295 That's pretty accurate (Texan here). Been a while since I visited California, so I can't really compare, but Texans are, as a rule *proud* of being Texans. We're proud to fly the Texan flag next to the US one at the same height. I'd say I see both flags at roughly equivalent numbers, and both flags quite frequently. In my experience driving the nation, most states are *less* like that, though there is a great degree of variance there.

[@vinceruland9236]

​@mentaya11 you know, all states can fly their flags at the same height as the US flag.

[@MrAero_1]

Texas likes to hold on to the old tradition and you will see older stuff in small towns. As for the Texas flag, us Texans are proud of our state and you will see the Texas flag almost everywhere.

[@chicanoazteca8614]

Texas made and raised myself. i am texan above all else :D

[@DudeNamedDude1776]

I don't live in Texas but California and it's nearly the same thing here. You could drive for hours and not see people. And yes, breaking down is actually scary sometimes. Me and a buddy were on a road trip once, broke down on a highway in the middle of the Sierra Nevada mountains and had to sleep in his truck overnight till we could get some help. One of the coldest nights I've had lmao Good times!!! EDIT: The grams on products are usually just showing the amount of protein in something. Most products have their net weight in ounces. So a bottle of water would say 16 Fluid Ounces. American Flags are flown everywhere and if there is an American flag flying, 75% of the time there will be the flag of the State you're in flying under the American flag.

[@adrianTurbogocrazy]

🗣️THE STARS AT NIGHT ARE BIG AND BRIGHT 👏👏👏👏

[@dblev2019]

You may want to check out some of the German towns in Texas, like Fredericksburg and Luckenbach. The city I’m from has ties to the German town Bad Königshofen going back to post WWII and prior to the Berlin Wall, East Germans would take the train from Berlin to Bad Königshofen seek refuge from the communist. The town became overwhelmed with the vast number of East Germans that when the new boy mayor of Arlington, Texas, Tom Vandergriiff learned about their situation he rallied the citizens of the small Texas town to donated several truckloads of basic necessities to Bad Königshofen to help the town sustain itself as they assisted the East Germans to freedom.

[@charlayned]

A lot of Germans came to Texas in the 1800s through Galveston. Like others, they heard they could get land and build a life. There are still German families in Galveston. St. Joseph's Catholic Church was built for the German Community there. There's a great heritage of German/Americans in our state.

[@dblev2019]

@@charlayned we have a lot of diversity in our state. My grandmother was part German and she was from Huntington.

[@SFox-if9id]

Texas has had such a long standing and rich German culture that it's my understanding that they've developed their own distinct German dialect.

[@jameslawson2663]

lol, owning a truck doesn’t mean you are hauling something 24/7. When you do need to haul something you got it.

[@karenjayne24]

Many years ago, i spent 3 months in Europe teaching physicians and healthcare workers on implantable cardiac devices. I started in Brussels and then to Germany. I stayed in a room on a private property horse farm in Aachen for a week. I took a lovely walk to the point where Germany, Belgium, and Holland intersect. I went to Koln as a tourist and visited the Cathedral and the River Rhine. Next was down the Autobahn to Switzerland crossing in Basel. Along the way, I made several stops and then took an off day to hang out in Frieburg, and i really enjoyed it. It was then on to Switzerland, France, and England. I have a lot of extended family in Denmark, and i have visited them many times but never made it over to Germany on those trips. Everything revolved around seeing family, so i was grateful for this business trip and the chance to experience some of Germany. Thank you to Germany for making my trip a truly lovely memory.

[@lorriescott8775]

I have a pm. Thank you for helping more Drs learn to use and implant them.

[@karenjayne24]

@lorriescott8775 Thank you so much for your kind words! I am so happy that you have and embrace your pacemaker. I was involved in implantable cardiac devices from very early on in their development. I was the first woman to be involved in research and development as well as working in operating rooms with patients. I did the early work with the pediatric patients and implantable defibrillators as well, and both had different needs and requirements. My greatest rewards were interacting with patients and seeing how their lives flouished afterward. I send you heartfelt blessings, and thank you so much for your gift of sharing your journey with me. 🤎 karen My mother had a pacemaker, and my father had a defibrillator. Both lived active lives into their 90s.

[@mrj494]

So, one of my first trips, as a Texan, was driving the perimeter of Texas. A little over 3000 miles. You drive through 3 different biomes, maybe 4 depending of the season. With stops, sleep and checking out small towns, 2 weeks. Motel... (motor hotel), low rise low cost place to stay on a highway. Hotels are expensive and in cities.

[@jefferydraper4019]

Hey, its not just Europeans. Many years ago (1998) I worked for a company with an office in Amarillo and the home office in Houston. Some clients from back east, Connecticut I believe, were coming to the Houston office to talk to the owner about work we were doing for them in Amarillo. The client called my site boss in Amarillo and I was listening on speakerphone. The guy on the line talked about talking to the company owner and then he would come up to see us afterward and take a look at our operation in Amarillo. "So when leaving Houston...what exit do we get off for the office in Amarillo?" I nearly fell out of my chair laughing as Neil, my boss, told him, he could take exit such and such...and then drive 11 more hours."🤣🤣🤣🤣 They had no clue how large Texas was.

[@SilvaDreams]

Well that is the difference between a city boy and a country boy. City boy asks what exit, country boy asks how many minutes or hours away.

[@jefferydraper4019]

@@SilvaDreams Its really not city vs country though, its just people not having a clue about states. I drove to Ft Knox from my little hometown a long time before the above. It was a 16 hour drive, half of which was in Texas. I drove from Southern Germany to Belgium, crossed the channel on a ferry to Dover in less time. And thats with watching a movie (Silence of the Lambs in 1992) on the ferry in the theater.

[@exstock]

I was born in Mississippi, but moved to Colombia when I was 3. I absolutely loved it there, but to me the trees in the US-especially pine trees and maple trees!-along with the stereotypical white picket fence type of wooden houses were the most romantic things in the world! I lived 1/4 miles from the Caribbean, walked to the most gorgeous beach whenever I wanted, and during the dry seasons took long, harrowing journeys through jungles, over tiny rope & stick bridges that even burros refused to cross, then spent weeks or months in a Stone Age village that was eventually overrun by guerrilleros with the survivors being sold into slavery. (I was back in the US by then, thank God, and I mean that very literally.) Those aren’t even my most interesting stories from my childhood, but what _I_ thought was exotic back then was: APPLES! (I still always have a bunch on hand today, decades later.) We eventually moved back to Mississippi, where as it turns out, Texas was considered the cool state, although a few people were more impressed with California. When I was -12 or 13, I saw a cute boy my age wearing a t-shirt that said, “F#ck y’all, I’m from Texas”, leading to an inevitable crush! (It was very exciting when I saw him in my school that fall.) That strongly colored my fascination with Texas. I’ve lived in California, Texas, and a whooooole lot of other places, but I’ve now spent more time in Texas than anywhere else. No interest in living anywhere else.

[@evilcedar9231]

a well known rule for people raised in USA is that if youre traveling across Texas. You bring supplies. lots of supplies. Food, water, fuel, blankets. It can take almost 3 days to drive across the state.

[@heyitsshadz]

No, it's only 12 hours drive, give or take a couple of hours

[@colormedubious4747]

Dude, are you kidding? I can drive from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast in three days!

[@evilcedar9231]

guess i need to clarify if youre touring the area,

[@npcenergy5782]

7:10 it's pretty much an unspoken rule around areas like that where it can be hours until the next town to help people who've broken down. It can literally be life or death sometimes

[@garrettviewegh9028]

Route 66 is indeed where Cars takes place. Often dubbed "The Mother Road" it was America's first superhighway and spans across several states, from east coast to west coast. It was made for faster travel and events like fun road trips. But, as the years went by, more highways were built across the country. Keep in mind, half of the US, is rural farmland and wilderness, large cities are connected by highways and country roads. After the highway network was expanded across the country, route 66 was mostly abandoned. At least, commercially. Hardly many drivers use it to get somewhere. But the longest route in the states still sees plenty of tourists and locals that have taking a road trip down the route on their bucket list. You can even find some cool landmarks, timeless attractions, and some unique diners that have some delicious food. You'll find plenty of classic stuff to see on the 66 that screams "Americana", and some history too.

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

I'm doing rt 66 next year by bicycle, it'ts gonna be so cool

[@blakewhitehead9496]

Mostly true what you say except for Route 66 being the States' longest route.

[@Paula-sw4mw]

​@@blakewhitehead9496 You are exactly right. Route 66 went from Chicago to LA. There are many longer and faster highways across the US. Route 66 was mainly known as its own experience: Burma Shave billboards, kitschy roadside attractions, in the neon sign age. Imo, Europeans are fascinated by the US West & Southwest, and are uniquely obsessed with Route 66. 😊

[@gotham61]

The Lincoln Highway, now mostly Highway 50, predates Route 66 by about 15 years, and does start at the East Coast. Route 66 starts more than 800 miles from the East Coast in Chicago.

[@michaelrunnels7660]

@@shalakabooyaka1480 Good luck! Route 66 is now disconnected bits and pieces of what it was. There hasn't been a continuous highway 66 for well over 70 years. You may be bicycling on Route 66 and come to an end of that section only to find it is non-existent for 100 miles, then continues with a 5 mile section, then another 150 miles before another small section.

[@Nanasays0731]

We Americans are very accommodating. We put both US and metric measurements on everything.

[@momofmanda]

1. Early on, she did say she was going off of the interstates and onto the country roads. Most of us will only use the country roads if necessary to GET to the interstates. 2. RV = Recreational Vehicle. 3. Motel is a "motor hotel" because you can usually park your car right in front of the door of your room. 4. She was at the midpoint of Route 66, but Route 66 is not a straight line across from Chicago to LA. 5. Her route from the Mexican border going north was through the less-populated half of the state (I live in that half). Austin, Houston, Dallas are all in the eastern half of the state (I have lived in that half). 6. I saw at the end that she was on Highway 400. That one is definitely not a main highway as it is a two-lane road, but you do see a slice of Americana, where real people live, work, and farm, and where their children go to school.

[@AmyPivetta]

It is fun to see my country and culture through new eyes. She was having so much fun!

[@alanoneill6891]

The reason for the Texas flag is because at one point Texas was its own country rather than just a state from the beginning, which also means it’s the only state flag that can be flown as high as the American flag for any other state. It must be below the American flag.

[@MrJackHagan]

Fun fact, Hawaii was also once a sovereign nation, as such, they are allowed to fly their flag at the same height as the US flag, as well.

[@arm279145]

Fun fact, that’s an urban legend. All state flags may fly at the same height as the U.S. flag. The U.S. flag must be on its right, but Texas’s flag laws are also consistent with that. It’s just an urban legend that only Texas can fly its flag at the same height. Just another example of Texans going “look at me, we’re special and different!” While the rest of us just laugh at how bad your education system is.

[@lesliedowst906]

​@@arm279145Had to Google this and you're right. I 100% learned that in school. 😬 I think perhaps a few of us had some overzealous Texas History teachers. 😅

[@audreyb9275]

(1) RVs like the one shown are *really* expensive. They can run $100k or more! The one they showed is a particular type called a 5th wheel, which requires a heavy duty pickup truck to haul them, so add on at least another $50-$100k for such a truck. Think of the expense as if someone were buying a vacation home (except they are worse investments than real estate lol). You can get decent ones cheaper than that. My parents had a smaller trailer (still with a shower and a queen bed) that they could use with their existing SUV and it was about $20k. (2) You have to buy a hard top or some other type of cover to cover the bed of the truck. Most people don't. (3) We use grams for food frequently, although people still don't really know how to interpret them lol! (4) A motel is a hotel where the door to the room is facing the outside, as opposed to in an interior hallway. Motels are very basic. The US doesn't have hostels really, because land is cheaper and we have more space to build out actual rooms, but you could think of motels as functionally equivalent to staying in a hostel in that it's the cheap no-frills option. (5) Texans may be a little more enthusiastic than others about their state flag but you will still the state flag throughout each state in the US.

[@Flampie]

Real Texan here. real Redneck. Grew up in the city. Finalized in the "country". 1. Calm down they sell em used. Living in a 42' (largest of the large under 40k, and my truck can pull it i just choose not to install the 5th wheel attachment.) 1.a. You can get them moved by a friend or pay for it like a tow truck. 2. Yeah we use tarps in the rain. Under the straps. 3. Youre a clown. We only use grams when talking about proteins or sugar. Cause its so small of a measurement we need to dumb it down. 4. DONT EVER THINK YOU CAN TALK ABOUT TEXAS. KEEP OUr NAME OUT YOUR MOUTH.

[@Arkryal]

An RV like that is about $359,000 USD. You are basically buying a small house and a big truck all in one. There are some drawbacks. First, while you can travel with them, obviously, you need a place to park them, and safe campsites can be hard to come by in some areas, and the better ones cost at least as much as a mid-range chain hotel. You have to top off your water tanks frequently, you're not connected to municipal water like in a house. The same goes for the septic tank, which needs periodic emptying, as you have no sewer hookup. Most run the electric on DC power inside, so appliances tend to cost more and you have fewer options. You're lucky if you get 12 miles to the gallon in most of them, they are not fuel efficient. So if you wanted to drive that across Texas, your fuel costs will be about $250 minimum, before you pay for camp sites, water refilling, septic pumping etc. All expenses considered, that's about an $800 weekend trip in such a vehicle. It's also a large vehicle, so you need frequent oil change and brake inspections. Much more so than a car. But all that said, many people find value in them. We have people referred to as "Snowbirds". Usually they're retired and enjoy travel or have family spread out all over the country. So they'll live up north in the summers where it's cooler and has nice weather, then before snow begins to fall, they pack up and drive south to warmer climates. No deadly desert heat in the summers, no freezing ice storms in the winter, just good weather, access to beaches etc all year. And you can just get up and go wherever on a whim. It does convey a lot of freedom if you are not bound to a single geographic area. And these things were all the rage during covid lockdowns. It's easy to self-isolate, and many younger people who were able to work remotely discovered they could take their Manhattan or Los Angeles salary and live in rural Wyoming where the cost of living is like 15% of other cities.

[@Arkryal]

Regarding the drive-thru, we had one where I grew up that sold beer, liquor and ammo via drive-thru... that state told them they couldn't sell guns that way, just the ammo, lol. I remember it well, the guy at the window never carded anyone when we were teenagers, lol. But whiskey and ammo at a drive-thru window... tell me that isn't the most "American" thing you've ever heard, lol. Sadly I live in NY now, and I don't think such a place could ever exist here. The state is wonderful, but the people here are a bit more high-strung, lol.

[@commonsence1129]

No not for a fifth wheel. The big bus sized motorhomes yes, they are the ones that cost $400,000 +.

[@Arkryal]

Food in Grams/Kilograms Contrary to the stereotypes, we do in fact know and use the metric system in most industry applications, including use by • The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) • USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) • ATF (Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) ...and others, who regulate and certify agricultural and pharmaceutical products. They will often have imperial measurements as well, but the Metric weights and measures are legally required to be on the labels of many products. Consequently, if you are visiting the U.S., you do NOT need to know the imperial system, everything (except street signs and gas pumps pretty much) has both units of measure. And if they only have one system in use, like with a bottle of wine or medicines, those will be in Metric. I don't know why Europeans think we can't understand the Metric system, we use it all the time, lol. If our schools drop the ball in teaching it, it's OK, our drug dealers use it exclusively, so we're incentivized to learn.

[@Arkryal]

RE: Flags in Texas For a brief time, Texas was it's own Nation. That's a big part of it's history, and something people take a lot of pride in. It was part of Mexico and under the Mexican flag, then it was part of the confederacy during the civil war, and flew the confederate flag, then between 1836-1846, it was it's own nation, "The Republic of Texas", and for the first time under it's own independent flag. That had great symbolic significance to the people. Every flag before that was for the honor of some distant authority, that was the first time it stood for the actual people of Texas. Then they joined the U.S. as a state but kept the flag of the Republic of Texas as their State flag, with a significant and very vocal minority who wanted the U.S. to adopt the Texas flag as the national flag (which the other states shot down, of course). But the balls it took to make that demand... I guess everything IS bigger in Texas, lol. That was so brazen, you have to respect it. You will see the Texas flag everywhere in the state. In fact, it's the only state where you'll see that state flag often flown above the U.S. flag and not have everyone get completely offended by it. Some still will be, and it's less common these days, but you still see it a lot.

[@earthwatcher2791]

Every state has & flies their own flag but yes, Texas is unique. Pennsylvanian here. God bless & thank you Texas.

[@odbhut424]

Some states don't have pretty flags, so there's no pride around it. Masshole here; our flag is what a flag specialist once called a glorified bedsheet.

[@fshsac]

Well, Chris, you should visit Texas sometime. Being a native, I can tell you that the vastness, but also the contrast between areas, is unbelievable. Yes, Texas is large (it is larger than France and Greece combined). However, there are many European cultures and people that settled here (German, Czech, Spanish, French, Norwegian, and of course, our neighbors to the south - Mexico.) We pride ourselves on hospitality and friendliness...over and above many other parts of the country. However, the South is known for Southern hospitality. Hope you can visit soon.

[@juanmangasmochas1533]

I’m sitting in Seattle, Washington. It’s early evening and I’m enjoying a cigar, wearing boots and my cap with a Texas flag. The Texas flag is a must for us Texans.

[@Whoozerdaddy]

You don't need to be hauling something every minute of every day to justify owning a pickup. When she was in the diner, talking about how exotic it was and she panned the camera around, my thought was, "it looks like home."

[@Marveryn]

there are many reason why pickup truck is the most common vehicle in texas. We have a lot of land that is located in rural area so a vehicle that can handle low level flooding, occasion help moves fallen trees, branches into dumps or help moving furniture. the area also has a lot of ranchers or people that work may involve hauling stuff.

[@craigplatel813]

​@@Marverynalso at least in upstate NY many people own boats and snow mobiles, 4 wheelers etc. which really need a truck and trailer to haul around.

[@Marveryn]

@@craigplatel813 yeah i forgot about that too. here in the texas coast area is boats we seldom get enough snow for snowmobiles

[@mrszee-g9f]

Watching her reminds me of my year abroad living in Bonn! I spent a lot of time during my semester breaks traveling so many different countries! That to me was exotic! And it blew everyone's mind back home how many countries I visited in such a short time! Some folks never leave their own state! I can totally relate to her experience!

[@lindadianesmith6013]

They have covers for the back-end of pick up trucks to keep things dry. You can even add removable campers to them.

[@sammymartin7891]

You see a lot of Don't Mess with Texas signs. This was the slogan of an anti-littering campaign by the Texas Department of Transportation in 1985 and became very popular

[@Lemunde]

I grew up in east Texas. I also visited Germany once after joining the military. It may sound odd, but Germany actually reminded me a lot of home.

[@purplelove392]

Which part of East TX? We just moved from Dallas to Huntington or as I call it, Western Looziana.

[@JasonTaylor-po5xc]

A common misperception of the US is that we don't use the metric system. We do but we also use customary units too. We never _fully_ converted, so we have this weird mix of both. Medicine is all metric and no one even questions it. Soda can be both metric (liters) and customary (fluid ounces) - typically smaller amounts use customary then switch to liters for larger amounts. Milk is customary (gallons).

[@WilliamCooper-l6f]

Texas gets hot, so wear a hat, sun screen, and always have water available and drink it. Most national and state parks should be visited in the winter or early spring, because the heat makes it miserable and dangerous.

[@megladon89]

Hey Chris, having lived in Germany while in the Army stationed in Kaiserslautern (enjoyed the people and area very much) it's great to hear of your reactions about us. Hopefully you'll get a chance to experience what this country has, you're the kind of person who would find it very fun. Keep up the great videos!

[@thomasvancrombruggen]

As a European that has lived in Texas for over 20 years, i really enjoyed this vid! To people that dont know though, it doesnt all look this! Texas has 3 of the top 10 most populated cities in the US. All 3 our bigger than most cities in Europe other that London and Paris and some others.It's just so big that there are lots of areas that are desolated but 80 percent of Texans live in huge cities like Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. Loved this video though and am a fan of you now

[@theghost783]

You for got the better of the two, Fort Worth!

[@thall187]

In Germany their is 83 million people, in the State of Nebraska in the US their is 2 million. We are half the size of Germany and we have less than 3% of your population. Let that sink in. You can live in places in Nebraska where you wont see a living sole for months. Not on the roads, not in the pastures, not anywhere. We have places like that in Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and i heard Wyoming but i cant say for sure. As i never lived in Wyoming.