So yesterday I met my first ignorant American. It was on the Greyhound of course. She was from Arkansas, and had a thick southern accent. She was the one who started talking to me, so to be nice I asked her about her home state, what she did, those kind of things. Well, she didn't know much about Arkansas except for the small town she was from, and she didn't work. She'd tried that, she said, but she didn't like it. So now she lived at home and did nothing. I told her I was from Europe, travelling through the States, and she looked at me like I was crazy. But I guess then she remembered that I was going from Europe to America and she told me that she never found a reason to go anywhere else. I don't know, something about her just made me angry. Finally I decided I'd rather listen to what John Mayer had to say than her, so I put my headphones on. But I guess it was time for me to meet someone ignorant after having meet so many wonderful people already.
I'm in Albuquerque now and I have to say that I have a very good feeling about this place. I met a girl called MaryBelle, who told me that the people in Santa Fe and Albuquerque residents have a fight going on, so that'll be interesting seeing that my next destination will be Santa Fe.
Anyway, I should go get breakfast before I venture out to see some rattlesnakes and churches.
Nadia
Ja dem møder du også. Men jo flere forskellige folk du møder jo mere interessant er det. Måske mindede det om forældrene fra Million Dollar Baby. Ikke Billion Dollar Babies, som vist er en gammel LP med ALice Cooper
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Oh trust me, the majority of our country's citizens are like that woman. You're just lucky to be meeting the few cool ones because of couchsurfing and because you're traveling so 1) you try to see the best in everyone and keep an open mind and 2) most of the people you'll bump into while traveling are travelers, too, or of that mindset at least. But I think I can say with confidence, as an American, that most Americans are complete morons.
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