Forget the final score. The real World Cup upset this summer is how many international fans are discovering that America is, against all odds, kind of great — especially in a “why does this gas station have 40 kinds of jerky and also a Wi-Fi password printed on the receipt” way — and they’re documenting their delightful experiences on social media.
The breakout star of the bunch is a German fan known on X as Freddy who has been chronicling a six-week road trip across the U.S. and Canada, following Germany’s national team, and has picked up hundreds of thousands of followers in his trek.
‘The European mind can’t comprehend this.’
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Freddy’s Atlanta stop hit the respectable tourist beats — Stone Mountain, the MLK National Historical Park, some
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