sharada krishnagiri

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

So long, America🫡🇺🇸

49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.

This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.

Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.

So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!

I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:

“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”

Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Texas they told me to stop at Buc-ee's for gas.

I have been to shrines. I have stood in temples that took two hundred years to build.

I was not prepared for the gas station.

There were one hundred and twenty fuel pumps.

I counted them because I did not believe them.

A man beside me was filling a truck the size of my first apartment, and he was not filling it because it was empty.

He was filling it because he was here, and here is where a man fills things.

Inside was a hall so vast I lost the horizon.

A wall of jerky. A wall of fudge I did not know the country produced.

A brisket sandwich handed to me by a man in a beaver costume.

And I want to be clear, the beaver is not a mascot.

The beaver is a saint.

The people speak of him the way my grandmother spoke of the mountain behind her house.

And the bathrooms.

I had been warned about the bathrooms and I had dismissed the warning as the pride of a loud people.

I was wrong to dismiss it.

The bathrooms are famous across the whole state and they have earned it.

I have slept in worse hotels. I nearly bowed upon entering.

A janitor was polishing the floor with the devotion of a man tending a garden he loved, and when I thanked him he said "welcome in," which I have since learned is what Texas says instead of hello, and also instead of I am glad you exist.

I went in for gas. I was inside for ninety minutes.

I came out with fudge, a shirt printed with a joke I do not fully understand, forty dollars of jerky, and a feeling I can only describe as having been to church.

I did not need any of it.

I needed all of it.

I have walked through the great cathedrals of the old world. I lit no candle there.

I lit no candle at Buc-ee's either.

But I did fill the truck.

And I understand now that in Texas, this is the same thing.

[Patrick Kidd @patrick_kidd]

And so the World Cup final will be between two teams who couldn’t beat Cape Verde in 90 minutes.

[t @yastrzemskiszn]

WE FOUGHT A WHOLE COUNTRY WITH 13 COLONIES WHAT IS 10 MEN GONNA DO FOR 30 MINUTES.

[Texas Live! @tx_live]

Norway brought the Ro to Texas Live! 🇳🇴 🛶

[Erling Haaland @Erling]

Howdy!🤠

[Dallas Texas TV @DallasTexasTV]

Argentina fans take over Klyde Warren Park 🇦🇷

[Ultras Clips @ultras_clips]

🇯🇵🗣️ Japan supporters chant for the ENTIRE 90 minutes without breaking a sweat.

They literally did not stop making noise for the whole match. Absolute masterclass! 🔊👏

[Hurtado Barbecue @HurtadoBBQ]

From Japan to Texas, Shige spent all his PTO chasing World Cup memories. We couldn't give him any days back... but we could give him his first taste of Texas barbecue-or here at Hurtado we call it, Mexicue!!🔥

Memories like these? ♾️ Enjoy the barbecue, our friend!

[BearsShowYo @BearsShowYo]

For an American soccer player to have this much aura is insane man

[Bernard🇳🇱 @groundhopper_fc]

Unbelievable.. just unbelievable how kind the Americans are..

Just saw these guys and apparently this is “ tailgating “

Good drinks, great food and fun… man this is a walking dream 🤣🤝

[Not Match of the Day @NOT_MOTD]

🇯🇵 They taught a Japan fan how to 'split the G' on a Guinness.

He nails it. And then Japan score.

Perfection.

[TSA @TSA]

If you’re visiting for a very large sporting event & you happen to discover RANCH while you’re here… pls pack it in your CHECKED BAG on the way home.

Thank you.

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

This is the most American I‘ve ever felt🇺🇸

[Mark Followill @MFollowill]

FC Dallas’ own Petar Musa scoring a goal here in a World Cup. That resulted in a good yell at the house! You love to see it!

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

This Japanese fan trying Texas BBQ for the first time is amazing 😂

[Dallas Texas TV @DallasTexasTV]

England fans help clean the local Dallas pub after drinking 5,000 beers

[Peyton Yager @peytonyager]

Can the Japan fans please stay here in Dallas/Fort Worth forever?

Japan!!!!! 🇯🇵

@StevenDialFox4 @FOX4 #worldcup2026

[ほんどう @r_rio2025]

ダラスのホテル横にあったRodeo Goatってお店、まじで美味かった
ビールも安いし量も多いし、スタッフさんはみんな愛想良くて水要る〜？とかなんか頼む〜？ってめっちゃ聞きに来てくれた

テキサスの人まじでいい奴しかいなくて大好き

[Paul Brown 🇬🇧 Browns fan🏈 London News 🎥Vlogger @PaulBrown_UK]

England and Croatia 🇭🇷 world cups partying together through the night at the City Tavern in Dallas …. A few sore heads in the morning …