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A German soccer fan walks into a Buc-ee’s and discovers abundance

The World Cup tourists helping me see America

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Halina Bennet
Jun 12, 2026
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When Freddy — a German soccer fan road tripping across the southern United States for the World Cup — arrived in Fairhope, Ala., this week, he wrote “I’m in a place right now that’s so beautiful I’m probably about to make 50 posts about it.”

Passing through Gainesville, Fla., he noted “the houses are insane wow.” He reviewed his 1 a.m. Waffle House stop:…

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