I drove flatbeds and drybox trucks from Texas up to Canada over to NY and down to Florida. I have driven trucks and busses in Europe from Sweden and Norway, over to Poland, down to Croatia and Bosnia, over to Italy and Spain, over to England and Wales. Except for Portugal and Denmark, I have driven in every nation in Western Europe.
I can speak 4 languages, understand another 5 and could get along in any nation with english anyway as the younger generation generally loves the US. Europe is greatly divisive with their history of wars, but, if you get into each new land, get to know the people, they are generally all very friendly and a excellent guest givers. Diversive culinary recipes, great homemade foods and alcholic drinks and beautiful scenery are everywhere here.
It is especially fun to see older cities with their thousand year history and older persons who are still tilling the land, keeping animals the same way for generations. It is not unusual to see men and women still gardening, slaughtering, baking and cooking the same way it has been done for hundreds of years around here and they are in their 80s and 90s. Going to a well to get water and taking it back home is not unusual.
Last year we heard of one of the neighbors who did not have the money to get his female pig (sow) inseminated the normal way since he needed piglets for the next year...so he took her out and tied her to a tree in the nearby woods and let WILD boars mount her to get her pregnant....it worked and he was happy.
Business as usual.