What in your country/area is totally normal but visitors get excited for?

a year ago by yermaw to c/asklemmy

I've only been abroad one time, and there were little gecko/lizard things everywhere, climbing up walls and scurrying across roads, and nobody cared. I was constantly fascinated but to the locals they're just kinda there.

Bonus question to anyone who visited the UK - was there anything that fascinated you but I'd be taking for granted?

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NeatNit 107 points a year ago

When I visited the US I was excited to see squirrels running around. We don't have squirrels where I'm from. We took pictures.

It must have looked like we were excited to witness a cloud in the sky.

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affenlehrer 27 points a year ago

I was a bit excited that the US squirrels are gray and large, we have smaller red ones in Germany.

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BrainBow65 23 points a year ago

If you really want to see huge squirrels check out a US college campus. They're so fat!

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affenlehrer 5 points a year ago

Noted

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Blisterexe 10 points a year ago

A squirrel in a public park near me climbed up on me to get to the peanuts I was holding, no fear. It was also absurdly obese.

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