Monday, May 29, 2017

Different in America


No wifi last night so I am posting a few observations that I have been collecting. We are taking shelter from a torrential downpour in a little cafe right now. The clothes we are wearing are wet and the clothing in our backpacks is wet too from not drying on the clothesline a few nights ago. We want sunshine!

If this horse riding event was offered in America one would need to sign a liability waiver before climbing on a horse. There would also be guides at the head and back of the line of riders.

If this railroad crossing was in America there would be warning lights and bells and a bar to prevent people from crossing.



There are over 60 stairs leading into Sarria! If this was in America there would be a railing!!

This is Emily trying to hot wire a tractor we came upon way up in the hills. We thought it would give us an interesting ride into town. After all we have ridden on a train, bus, taxi, in a wagon and on a horse. Why not a tractor? Emily was surprised to see that the farmer had left his keys right in the ignition. Probably wouldn't see that in America.

No photo but...
When Mona saw the physio a few weeks back she was taken to a curtained cubicle. Other patients were treated on examing tables right in the open. There were big white towels on each table and they were not changed after each patient!
This was an overpass that we walked across. In America the barrier would be much higher.


1 comment:

  1. But I remember growing up with most of those "inconveniences" too!

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