Assume that this is not a wannabee, but someone who, for example, already has a solid job offer from an EU country, and some cash for the relocation.
9·8 hours ago- This depends on your destination, but you may need to unlearn the habit in tipping, as wait staff salaries are reasonable. Where I live it is common to enable the option for various services, but you’re never really expected to. I might tip if something was far beyond expectations with staff going above and beyond what is expected of them, but I usually don’t.
- Extremely simplified/rounded metric: 1 meter = 1 yard or 3 feet
- 1Kg = 2 pounds
- 1 gallon = 4 liters (a standard serving of beer is 0.5 liters. Sometimes 0.33)
- Almost everything carries some sort of tax. This is usually included in the price tag.
- 50mph = 80kmh
- most intersections don’t have a stop sign. Yeld for anyone entering from your right hand side (unless you’re in the UK or Ireland, where it’s opposite)
- Roundabouts are very common, but simple to learn. Think of it as a circular one-way street where you yeld for anyone already in it.
- Learn the difference between Europe, EU, EEA and Schengen Area. In most cases you may be safe presuming they’re the same, but there’s a difference that may be relevant if traveling between European countries.
- Most people speak English to varying degrees, but learning the local language is still very useful. Unless you’re going to Denmark. Nobody understands Danish.
- candy can be very different. European wine gum tastes very different from its US counterpart. The European version is of course far superior, and that’s an objective and unbiased fact.