As I touched on before in a previous post, I have been greatly impressed by the sincerity, friendliness and of the American people.

People that know me well, know that I have quite a low opinion of Americans in general. This has come about from my limited contact with Americans. I don’t actually know many personally. Most of the Americans I have seen (excluding TV) have been when they’re on vacation in Australia, Philippines and other Asian countries. Loud, obnoxious and wearing Hawaiian shirts.

“Where I come from, they don’t like Americans much
They think they’re so loud, so tasteless and so out of touch”
– Joe Jackson (Forty years)

But after being in their country for the last three weeks, my opinion has changed. They are actually decent people – almost nice …haha actually most people we met were nice. Some went out of their way to help us, offering suggestions on where to go, where to eat, what to see. And I’m not talking about  people in the tourist industry. I’m talking about normal everyday people we bumped into in the street, in Uber ride-alongs and standing in queues.

So I must offer an apology…

To all Americans – I sincerely apologise for my unfounded, uneducated, ignorant opinions of you. I now have a much greater respect for you, your culture and country. I hope you’ll welcome me next time in the same warm manner as you welcomed me in this recent trip. When you visit Australia I promise not to mutter “dumb Yank” under my breath – except maybe if you’re from New York.