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Oh, and give a heads up here when you are on the move. I expect you'll get more invitations than you can handle.
I can give you another place to land in the SE U.S. and have had several visitors over the years. PM me.-Mike- (driving SAABs since 1973 )
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Thanks for all great replys, i really look forward to make a road trip in US! And now i know i have good support from all you Guzzi guys, it means alot.
For many years I worked for Frammatome/AREVA. All the Europeans (French, Germans, Czechs, etc.) who came over here had some opinions in common. At first, they were critical of the US & Americans (mostly from a political perspective). After a few months, most said they wished their home country were more like America.Almost all have said "Americans are much more friendly than Europeans." I have tons of stories about that.If you are not put off by people being friendly and going out of their way to offer advice on where to go and what to see, you will enjoy your trip immensely.I suspect you might be able to live here for a couple years just based on invitations offered......
In my experience are most ordinary people very nice no matter what country. If we judge people after their politicians would all be idiots. I have met the nicest people ever in Russia, Japan, EU and the americans i have met in my work. All have been nice, so i dont think it is what nation a person come from that make them nice or not. One thing is certain and that is that idiots can be found in all nations. Many people in EU and US have same DNA and i think we are very alike in the daily life.
I agree completely. All people are individuals. National characteristics, in my mind are very nebulous concepts. Stereotyping always tells one more about the observer rather than the observed. I was simply conveying some oberserations of my former co-workers.No doubt most were talking about local cultures and their personal experiences, both here and in their home country.
I can thoroughly recommend the USA and Canada, my wife and I spent six months on the road there, cool things to see and nice people everywhere. We have been in 28 states including Alaska, not a bad experience to be had (although I did get some unwanted police attention but it was deserved :laugh)
It is pretty funny when i read jokes, memes etc. on Facebook that is from USA and think**** they have exactly the same **** as we do.
Another suggestion... Try some of the budget airlines to cover a bit more ground. I regularly use Allegiant to fly from Austin TX to Asheville, NC where my Griso is located. From Austin you can also get to Bozeman, MT and back. All flights are direct and cheap ($50-$100 USD one way based on luggage). Frontier is another one. Both have limited schedules but if time isn't an issue you can work that out. You certainly would be welcome to stay with us if you need a few days in Texas (sorry we are not in a small town, however).
As somewhat of an alternative approach to all the good suggestions you've already received... Get ahold of a road atlas that covers the 50 states--- actually what you want is the in the first few pages which is a single overview of the 48 contiguous states "the lower 48" as they say in Alaska) and the major/relatively major roads that run through all 48. Pick a road that looks interesting to you and plan your trip around that. For example, I-90 (for Interstate-90, the interstates are the biggest roads/freeways) runs east-west across the entire US, from Boston to Seattle. There is lots to see along any portion of that "route." I-80 does the same (runs east/west) but just a bit further south. On a lark, I once flew into to Dallas, picked up an old Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon I had bought for $600 sight unseen off Craigslist and drove it back to Rhode Island going across parts of middle-America that I had only visited as a child--Arkansas, Tennessee, ... Personally, given what little you have hinted at, I would fly into Minneapolis, rent a car or a bike and head west on the old US 2 highway. 2 runs east/west across the entire US just a bit south of the Canadian border but unlike the Interstates, you go right through the center of most of the small towns you intercept along the way (thus it is slower than sticking to the interstates). But 2 will take you through beautiful country in Minnesota, North Dakota, and into Montana where you can find real cowboys and Glacier National Park and Yellowstone and then on into Idaho and finally Washington state (time your trip to go to the Ellensburg Rodeo...). So 2 is just a suggestion, but following a road is the main idea. Maybe get a copy of the book "Blue Highways" and read that for some ideas (the book is a bit dated now but should still be relevant in terms of giving you some ideas). Let us know your plans when the trip is actually a reality!