People say I don’t “look American” (I’m not sure what that means, what do Americans look like?). It’s weird, but I blend in in Europe. I’m not used to passing unnoticed in a foreign country… The funny thing is, both in Prague and in France, the natives try to talk to me.
Yesterday, a goofy, disheveled looking Czech guy came up to me and asked me for directions – I shrugged and walked away. It’s not even the first time that’s happened…
In France, the same thing would happen. My friend, who speaks fluently (but, I guess, looks “American”), would initiate conversation with someone, and then the person she was speaking to would turn to me, as if I was the French one.
I must look European or something.
During the TEFL class, we had a conversation about what nationality people resembled. Someone said, “I think you look Jewish.”
“You might be on to something…”
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