@JoeNiklas @jbhammer Yeah, in touristy areas around the world, they speak it pretty well. Even in places like Cambodia speak it very well. And a lot of young people. But older people, and away from the cities, it’s less so around the world.

@ChrisDokish @jbhammer My time in the navy I wasn't sent to touristy areas. Cherbourg, France and Kiel, Germany are rather random ports on the map. Roda, Spain I understood why it was spoken a lot, which was due to it used to being a US military base.

@JoeNiklas @jbhammer I just looked it up. 39% of people in France say they can speak English. 20% are fluent. In Germany it’s 56%.

@ChrisDokish @jbhammer I imagine the Dutch have a higher percentage than both. Poland may have been the hardest place to get by.

@JoeNiklas @jbhammer Yeah, The Netherlands is 90%. It’s practically the US.

@ChrisDokish @jbhammer Dutch bars accepted the dollar when I was there in 05. Can't imagine they do today.

@JoeNiklas @jbhammer They use American money in Cambodia, too, but that’s because their money is mostly useless. When I was in Prague they took US dollars, too, but it cost more if you used it.

@ChrisDokish @jbhammer My biggest mistake was getting out of the navy. I would've loved visiting South America and Asia. Took a kid from Clairton and gave me a paid vacation and an education along the way.

@JoeNiklas @jbhammer Those are cheap countries once you’re there. Getting there isn’t easy, though. Actually, in 2 years I’m planning to go to both. Machu Picchu in Peru, and then 8 months later to Singapore, and Cambodia, for Angkor Wat. Didn’t travel for 3 years so catching up.

@jbhammer @JoeNiklas Prague seems to love the US. They speak English very well, and they love our culture. In their restaurants and bars you’ll see a lot of things on their walls of our singers and actors. Lots of Elvis, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, etc. Great place.