According to my friend Marc (who’s living in China):
think I’ve figured out what bothers me about most Europeans I meet traveling; they tend to put a fair amount of effort in trying to find or recreate the Europe they left behind. Despite being in a very foreign country they expect the same standards of clean, language, privacy, public behavior and what not that’s found in Europe. The shock of not finding this familiarity seems to be more than most Europeans can handle. Thus, the communities of people who have nothing more in common other than their place of birth arise out of a smoke of disappointment and dissatisfaction.
That’s really interesting. Considering that Europe has so many different languages and cultures, I would’ve thought that travelers from the continent would be more comfortable traveling beyond Europe.
I’ve heard and seen similar things happen when people travel to the US. My cousin from Israel occasionally goes to synagogue when he’s out here in the US. Back home he would never do that, it’s as though the synagogue gives him a taste of home he was never knew he missed.
According to my uncle, a taxi driver in San Francisco, the first place Japanese tourists ask to go after arriving is Sushi restaurants. Go figure 
