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The British are coming \u2026 to apologize.<\/p>\n

With the World Cup taking over towns all across the nation, travelers from the UK are getting a taste of the Red, White and Blue. And tons are offering up apologies along the way. <\/p>\n

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Many Brits have acknowledged on social media that their assumptions about the US were wrong.<\/p>\n

In a string of TikTok\u2019s from across the pond, Brits are earnestly sharing their experience in the US and revealing the media in their country \u201cpaint this weird narrative\u201d about Uncle Sam.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica is nothing like what the media tells us,\u201d said World Cup traveler Oliver Henry, on TikTok as @oliver.henry.w, in a recent post.<\/p>\n

Some of those tales told: Americans are rude, inhospitable, unsafe and proud \u2014 just to name a few. But folks are spotting a different side to the country, and falling in love.<\/p>\n

Host cities have been welcoming outsiders with open arms as they take our commonplace for wonder. Our red fire trucks, Walmart, Buc-ee\u2019s and free refills have tourists in awe of our heartland.<\/p>\n

\u201cHundreds of thousands of fans for the World Cup are now seeing America through their own eyes, realizing the narrative they\u2019ve been fed is false,\u201d a Brit living in America, who goes by imjoshfromengland2 on TikTok, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cWe\u2019ve all seen the videos of the Europeans experiencing America for what it truly is, and it\u2019s amazing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s right. Recently, a German soccer fan went viral for posting videos documenting his newfound love affair with America\u2019s hotspots.<\/p>\n

Freddy, who posts on X as @FreddyLA7, shared his six-week World Cup road trip across the Southern United States, where he visited \u201cthe holy land,\u201d or as we call it, Taco Bell.<\/p>\n

He also gave Waffle House a glowing review after his 1 a.m. dining tour.<\/p>\n

Followers of his all-American tour have flooded the comment section, offering up more staples for him to scour. X users are now begging the soccer (fan) star to hit up Grand Rapids, Philadelphia, and Lake Erie for a food tour.<\/p>\n

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Soccer fan Henry made a TikTok sharing his love for America and admitting that he had also gotten it all wrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe owe America a huge apology\u2026everyone is so friendly, everyone is so accommodating, and I\u2019ve honestly had the best time.\u201d The Brit spent his time in Texas watching England play Croatia at the AT&T Stadium and didn\u2019t want to leave.<\/p>\n

In fact, nearly $10,000 was raised on his GoFundMe account for him to come back to the States, where he can cheer on England once again.<\/p>\n

Henry revealed that he will head to Boston for the England-Ghana game, then make the trek to Washington DC where he hopes to stay for the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n

Despite Europe having a rich history filled with beautiful architecture, folks from the UK are finding beauty in what our melting pot has to offer. An Englishman visited Pasadena City Hall in California and was blown away by its beauty.<\/p>\n

\u201cKind of feel like I\u2019m in Italy right now\u2026this looks like something out of Rome,\u201d he said, staring at the building, which combines elements of both Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhoever said America doesn\u2019t have any history or any good architecture, they\u2019re wrong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Another TikToker named Skylar Skye posted her experience in the country after two weeks, \u201cEveryone has been so friendly to me. Everyone wants to talk with me. Everyone\u2019s been giving me advice about my trip and just genuinely being so helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people welcomed me with open arms, and for that I\u2019ve fallen in love with the USA. I apologise on behalf of the world judging you guys!\u201d another Brit said on TikTok.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if the US and England will battle it out on the World Cup stage this year, but one thing remains \u2014 the bond between Brits and Americans has surprised us all.<\/p>\n

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World Cup fans are cheering on more than their favorite teams as Brits have revealed a newfound love for America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"yoast_head":"\nBrits visiting US for first time during World Cup are apologizing to Americans: 'We were wrong' - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2855\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brits visiting US for first time during World Cup are apologizing to Americans: 'We were wrong' - 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