Sorry Chris' family but you're going to have to visit us for the next 17 years:) But it was a wonderful trip and great to see you all!
I just blend right in with all the Germans right?
Speaking of Germans, if you've never been to Germany, here's a few different things I noticed while I was there....
Isn't the US supposedly one of the countries with the most unhealthy eating habits?....well if you walked into a Germany grocery store, you would find 3, not 1, not 2, but THREEE candy isles! What would they put in 3 different candy isles? Well, just take every other item from the store and cover it in chocolate and you'll find it there. You name it, they've got it covered in chocolate. Those darn Germans are still skinny too!
Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Whenever, wherever, you better be ready to drink it or offer it. Don't even go over there if you don't like the stuff.
Beer. You can buy it anywhere and everywhere and the standard size is .5 liter as opposed to .33 here in the US. And it's cheaper.
If you're a girl, you better find some black leggings EVERYONE is wearing them. If you're a guy, you can wear a scarf without your sexuality being questioned.
Do you recycle? Do you think you've done your part to conserve energy and minimize your global footprint? You don't even know the meaning of recycling until you see the German system! Let me explain this to you as simply as I can, although I don't think I even fully understood it:
3 trash cans. 1 for compost, 1 for recycling ( which means packaging with a specific symbol for recycling on it) and 1 for things that can't be recycled like dirty diapers. Next, you need to separate your paper and your cardboard. Those are recycled individually. For plastic bottles: each have a symbol on them to indicate which type of machine takes them. So, you have to take your plastic bottles back to a store with a machine that collects them one by one. There are different machines for different types and sizes of bottles and each store does not have every type of machine. Same goes for glass bottles. Whew! I can't tell you how many times I was scolded for putting garbage in the wrong spot! Preventing global warming one German at a time!
These are just a few things....I could go on and on....but I'll save those for our next trip which won't be until the girls can buy their own ticket and carry their own bags!
As much as I loved watching all the other babies sleep (and their parents) while I chased mine who were running up and down the isles, poking all the sleeping people, seeing how far they could throw their binkys then crying to have them back, going #2 just as we take off, eating crumbs off the floor, and of course smiling and sitting quietly as soon as the flight attendants walk by so that they comment, "wow, they do so well flying." Also, I'd like to apologize to all the people who sat within five rows of us; I'm sorry you did not get any sleep, thank you for not complaining about us, and I'm pretty sure you all can now recite by heart the entire book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?" Don't worry we won't be on any of your next flights for a while!
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