Introduction.

I have spent the vast majority of my adult life living in foreign cultures (relatively foreign anyway). First there was an all to brief 7 year stint in rural Wales, and then off to the highly contrasting bright lights and big city of Glasgow, in Scotland for another year, and now I’ve been in San Diego, Southern California for over a year (albeit not continuously.) After a while it became second nature to both search for and appreciate the oddities of the various cultures. These notes represent my personal insights of America.

As a personal note, I wish to add that, contrary to any impression the following notes may give, I like America, and in fact I even like it's inhabitants. Nonetheless, I find the differences, both fascinating and amusing. I hope this section helps you to share that fascination and amusement.