Dan Mayer's Blog

I am back and it was a wonderfull time. I really thing i learned alot had time to reflect, time to party, and all around just had an amazing time. I am sure this trip will affect me in a positive way for the rest of my life. It was almost scary at the end of the trip to realize how much I have actually grown up in the last four years. (as well as all of the people I was travelling with.)

Some Wierd little things from Europe:
*You have to pay for ketchup.
*You have to pay for toliets.
*You get good free breakfast at every hotel/hostel.
*Wine and Beer are far cheaper than water.
*French tap water smells like ham.
*British people shouldn't be allowed to cook.
*French restraunts rename their cheese, munster apparently means vomit smelling Brie.
*German train conductors are scary as hell.
*You learn to appreciate Mcdonalds a bit just because you know what the food is.
*You can be a veggie in europe although it is a bit harder. I am entirely sick of cheese sandwhiches.
*Everyone in Europe seems to love their beer far more than we do. Everyday we saw locals drinking large beers with their lunches. I don't think getting a mild buzz on with lunch would be considered a good thing in most american companies.
*The Hofbrauhaus is an insanely large german bar, that servers beer a litre at a time.
*It isn't that america has no culture, it is just europe has far more history. They have some massive amazing buildings that you can tour but if they were built in the modern times would be considered a gross miss use of funds. Castles like those will never be made by regular people again and that is probably a good thing.