<p>Everyone I’ve heard of who has gone to Europe as a student [be it on a group summer trip or an exchange] has witnessed Americans making idiots of themselves by getting wasted while the Europeans in the group know how to control themselves.</p>
<p>[Underage</a> Drinking: European Parents May Know Best](<a href=“http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/May-June-08/Underage-Drinking--European-Parents-May-Know-Best.html]Underage”>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/May-June-08/Underage-Drinking--European-Parents-May-Know-Best.html)</p>
<p>I think most everything regarding “who deals with it best” is subjective though.</p>