Friday, April 10, 2015

Things we've learned in Europe: a draft post that i decided to post after more than a year

1.  Europeans like to sit outside for long periods of time.  Parks are filled with people just sitting, either with food or not and groups or single, and it doesn't matter what time of day it is.  It's also been great weather since we got here.

2.  Canned tuna tastes better.

3.  Eggs are treated differently and can be kept outside the refrigerator.

4.  People dress better.  Everyone has decent shoes, and fashionable clothing.  No one walks around in shorts, tennis shoes, or flip-flops.

5.  We look like tourists, you can mostly tell by the shoes.  We've started playing a game called "spot the tourist" when we stop anywhere.

6.  There's more asians than I expected.

7.  So far French people have been nicer than what we were warned.

8.  Goji berries are big here, or at least bigger than in the US.

9... Always have a backup plan.