Socks!

[shivver]

I was reading an article yesterday that listed the attributes that, when you're traveling in a foreign country, broadcast to the natives that you're an American, and one of the items listed is "wearing white socks". Now, you have to understand, I have no fashion sense no matter what country I'm in, including my own, so I have no idea and I have to ask: what color socks are you supposed to wear?

Please enlighten me, so that I can endeavor to not be so damned American when I'm traveling abroad. There's nothing I can do about my accent, but I can certainly try to make my footwear fit in.

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[shivver13.livejournal.com]

Actually, it can be quite fun. When my friend and I went to England in 2014 (first time for both of us), we went to see "A Comedy of Errors" at the Globe Theatre (it was absolutely fantastic!) and chose to walk back to the hotel afterwards. As we were approaching a pub, two men, rather drunk, stumbled out and walked up the pavement just in front of us, so that we were just behind them. My friend and I continued to talk, raving about the play, when one of them turned around and exclaimed, "YOU'RE AMERICAN!!!" We said yes, and he pointed to himself and very proudly announced, "I'M FROM ENGLAND!!" to which my friend replied, "REEEEEALLY?????" His friend and I were just cracking up. The original drunk then tried to get us to go to the next pub with them, but we politely declined and went on our way.