Observations Abroad

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1. People, in general, smell good in Switzerland.

2. European men are incredibly forward. In Ireland, not five minutes pass between the first hello and his leaning in for a kiss. The Swiss, although not as ridiculous, still make their interest quite apparent. From our experiences thus far, we have a feeling we are going to be quite popular in Italy.

3. Ice-cream is an incredibly popular treat for the Swiss. And not the fresh creamy goodness as one would expect; but the prepackaged, chocolate dipped, candy coated, comes in plastic wrap kind.

4. Europe is sausage fest of primarily unfortunate sausages. In addition, these sausages are quite forward, much to our dismay. (Note to elder readers: a sausage is a man. A sausage fest, as referenced, implies that a majority of the population is male.)

5. Cheese.

6. In Germany, it is completely appropriate for anyone (age and gender disregarded) to have a facial piercing.

7. German drivers pay no attention to pedestrians. If a truck is headed your way, your first warning will be said truck running you over.

8. European dogs don’t care if you want to pet them.

9. Beer.

10. Europeans do not like Americans.