Why I Hate Americans out of the Country

After coming back from my first ever "Euro Trip" I have concluded a lot of things about Americans. First we usually respond to being in another country in really only two ways. We either gawk at things as if we've never seen something written in a foreign language (or in odd British terminology). Or we decide to compare everything to how things are in America and conclude that since it isn't in America it must be inferior in some way. As for which definition I was lets just say I ran to the first German sign I saw and demanded one of the kids on the trip with me take my picture. Sadly later on the trip I will find out my camera was either stolen or lost so I will not be able to give you the satisfaction of seeing me pose in front of a German sign which seemed to be promoting air travel (understandable seeing that we were in Frankfurt airport). The second observation I concluded about Americans is most of us assume that no one speaks English in countries such as France and Italy. When you reach such destinations you will find that most people do know the language or at least understand it. To my dismay it took very long to realize the second observation as I tried to speak to an Italian in broken Spanish.
Now many people would look at these observations and merely say I'm stating the obvious. Which is completely true Americans can really be dim-witted. However while I sit here writing about how ridiculously well ridiculous Americans can be out of the country, I think about all those kids that I took that amazing journey with. How some of them confirmed my extreme disliking towards Americans out of the country and how I saw others really become cultured on those ten amazing days. I was fifteen going to Europe and all I expected was to see a few cool monuments and have a bit fun. What I didn't expect was me changing for the rest of my life. But like I said before not all blossomed culturally on the trip. There are some kids who just aren't interested in outbranching themselves.