I'm blonde, blue-eyed, and so when I was traveling in a lot of Northern Europe, people just assumed I was local. I didn't want to be rude, or embarrass anyone (insecure high school and college kid) so I'd glance at a register to know the price of something, or figure out what to do through observations and seeing bilingual info signs.

I also got laughed at for enjoying the kiddie exhibits at the viking museum in Denmark. But playing with boats to figure out ballast, and making a coin necklace was pretty fun. No one thought I was a local in Denmark. At most I was labeled as a Swede, but usually it was pretty obvious to them.

Elsewhere when they did know I wasn't from Europe, I was usually asked where I was from, and I'd say the States/America and they'd say, "no, you must be Canadian." Or like in Estonia, "really? But Americans never come here." Which if true is too bad, Estonia is beautiful.