Point/Counterpoint: Traveling Abroad
European men are so much more romantic than American men. I just got back from a semester abroad in Europe, and let me tell you it truly was the most magical amazing experience of my entire life. The French country side was like something out of a storybook, The Roman Ruins were magnificent. And the men, well, European men are by far the most Romantic in the world. You American men think you’re so suave and sophisticated, well think again! European men make you look like the immature inexperienced little children you are. They really know how to make a woman feel special over there, unlike the so-called men in the states, European men know how to treat a woman right.
For one thing, European men aren’t afraid to come up and talk to you, and they know how to start slowly, with a nice cup of Italian espresso, or a long walk on some historic street. They know the places you can’t find in any tourist guide, they know the whole history of the cities in which they live, who the fountains were named after, who the statues are. I remember one unforgettable night in Athens; I sat and listened to a Greek sailor for hours as he told me about the countless men who fought over Helen back in ancient times. Afterward he told me he loved his homeland even more now that he’d seen it through my eyes. I ask you, would an American man ever say something as deep and beautiful as that? European men know the most romantic little cafes and bistros, and trattoria’s, candlelit places where you can be alone and drink the most fantastic wine. They tell you what’s on the menu, and why you should try it. If it wasn’t for a certain young man in Milan, I never would have never discovered fusilli spinachi escampi. And the whole time they’re looking deep in your eyes, like you’re the only woman on the entire planet, what woman could resist a man like that? Then, after a moonlit stroll on the waterfront, and a kiss in the doorway of an artists’ loft, you find yourself unable to….well, I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.
American women studying in Europe are unbelievable easy. I’m a 25 yr. old carpenter living in Rome, and I don’t mind telling you that I get all the action I can handle. I’m not all that handsome or well dressed, and I’m certainly not rich …In fact my Italian countrywomen could take me or leave me, but that’s just fine because Rome gets loads of tourist traffic, and American Co-eds traveling through Europe are without a doubt the easiest lays in the world.. Being European gives me a hell of an advantage, I’m not sure why but there’s something about the accent that opens a lot of doors. All you have to do is go up to them, act a little shy and say “would you like to go with me Senora, for a cafe?” I actually have to thicken up my accent a little, but they never ever catch on. After a cheap coffee, which to them always tastes better than anything they’ve ever had because they’re in Europe, it’s time to walk them. Now, all they know about Rome is what they read on “Let’s Go”, so you can pretty much just make up a whole bunch of shit. As long as I refer to Italy as my homeland, and other Italians as my people, they’ll believe pretty much anything. I don’t know who most of the local statues are, so I tell them that they’re all great artist and poets and lovers. Once just for the hell of it I told a psychology major from the University of Maryland that a public staircase was part of the Spanish steps, which she never even heard of….Another time I told this blonde from Michigan State that the public library was the Parthenon and she cooed like I’d just given her a diamond. For Dinner, I usually take them to some cheap little hole in the wall, some place deserted where not even the cops eat. American girls think candlelight means romance, not deteriorating public utilities. So they just poke their nipples through their J-Crew sweaters, and never notice that there’s no electricity. Just as well because Roman restaurants aren’t exactly the cleanest. After a bunch of fast talk about the menu, I get them the special, which is usually some anonymous pasta with spinach and day-old shrimp, and whatever cheap generic Pope’s blood Chianti at the bottom of the list. By this time they’re usually standing on a slippery little puddle. Going in for the kill I walk them past one of Rome’s famous 2,000 year old open cesspools, then as we open the door to my shitty efficiency, I kiss them on the eyelids so they don’t see the roaches, making sure the first thing they see is the strategically placed artists aisle I bought at some church sale. That’s usually all they need to see, and like clockwork, they fall backwards on my bed with their Birkenstocks in the air. I mean, they’re hardly Italian women, but we have a saying here in Europe, why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
For one thing, European men aren’t afraid to come up and talk to you, and they know how to start slowly, with a nice cup of Italian espresso, or a long walk on some historic street. They know the places you can’t find in any tourist guide, they know the whole history of the cities in which they live, who the fountains were named after, who the statues are. I remember one unforgettable night in Athens; I sat and listened to a Greek sailor for hours as he told me about the countless men who fought over Helen back in ancient times. Afterward he told me he loved his homeland even more now that he’d seen it through my eyes. I ask you, would an American man ever say something as deep and beautiful as that? European men know the most romantic little cafes and bistros, and trattoria’s, candlelit places where you can be alone and drink the most fantastic wine. They tell you what’s on the menu, and why you should try it. If it wasn’t for a certain young man in Milan, I never would have never discovered fusilli spinachi escampi. And the whole time they’re looking deep in your eyes, like you’re the only woman on the entire planet, what woman could resist a man like that? Then, after a moonlit stroll on the waterfront, and a kiss in the doorway of an artists’ loft, you find yourself unable to….well, I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.
American women studying in Europe are unbelievable easy. I’m a 25 yr. old carpenter living in Rome, and I don’t mind telling you that I get all the action I can handle. I’m not all that handsome or well dressed, and I’m certainly not rich …In fact my Italian countrywomen could take me or leave me, but that’s just fine because Rome gets loads of tourist traffic, and American Co-eds traveling through Europe are without a doubt the easiest lays in the world.. Being European gives me a hell of an advantage, I’m not sure why but there’s something about the accent that opens a lot of doors. All you have to do is go up to them, act a little shy and say “would you like to go with me Senora, for a cafe?” I actually have to thicken up my accent a little, but they never ever catch on. After a cheap coffee, which to them always tastes better than anything they’ve ever had because they’re in Europe, it’s time to walk them. Now, all they know about Rome is what they read on “Let’s Go”, so you can pretty much just make up a whole bunch of shit. As long as I refer to Italy as my homeland, and other Italians as my people, they’ll believe pretty much anything. I don’t know who most of the local statues are, so I tell them that they’re all great artist and poets and lovers. Once just for the hell of it I told a psychology major from the University of Maryland that a public staircase was part of the Spanish steps, which she never even heard of….Another time I told this blonde from Michigan State that the public library was the Parthenon and she cooed like I’d just given her a diamond. For Dinner, I usually take them to some cheap little hole in the wall, some place deserted where not even the cops eat. American girls think candlelight means romance, not deteriorating public utilities. So they just poke their nipples through their J-Crew sweaters, and never notice that there’s no electricity. Just as well because Roman restaurants aren’t exactly the cleanest. After a bunch of fast talk about the menu, I get them the special, which is usually some anonymous pasta with spinach and day-old shrimp, and whatever cheap generic Pope’s blood Chianti at the bottom of the list. By this time they’re usually standing on a slippery little puddle. Going in for the kill I walk them past one of Rome’s famous 2,000 year old open cesspools, then as we open the door to my shitty efficiency, I kiss them on the eyelids so they don’t see the roaches, making sure the first thing they see is the strategically placed artists aisle I bought at some church sale. That’s usually all they need to see, and like clockwork, they fall backwards on my bed with their Birkenstocks in the air. I mean, they’re hardly Italian women, but we have a saying here in Europe, why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?