You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing on a traffic island in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a windblown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America (ed. VNR AG, 1989) - ISBN: 9780060161583