American Pop Culture

Until this trip I really didn't realize how influential American popular culture is elsewhere in the world. It really became obvious when we were at the hostel hanging out at night and one of the Welshmen who was there picked up a guitar and started playing songs. He was playing all sorts of classic songs like Brown Eyed Girl, American Pie and stuff like that. All of the Canadians, Englishmen, Scotsmen, Welshmen, Irishmen and Aussies knew the words even better than I do. I was amazed. It was a really cool experience sitting around the bonfire outside the hostel, singing songs and drinking swiss beer (1.20CHF/liter ($1.14/40oz)!).