Where to start when you only have a few moments to blog? We have not even had time to go into the details of our trips to Berlin, Prague, Munich Brussels, and the city of Giessen. For another day with pictures, perhaps! Needless to say, each trip consisted of endless comments like, ''Wow!'' and ''That looks delicious!'' and ''Maybe just one more...'' and ''Which one of us smells'' and "'Who's the boss?" (Angela or Tony?.....or Mona?.....)
After saying goodbye to Rob and Linden in Germany, the fearless foursome was split up, and James and I were down to just us two for the next week. While we were sad to say goodbye, we were also looking forward to a week of meeting new people, seeing different countries, and experiencing more of the good life of Euro-culture (aka: Belgian fries, beers, and waffles!)
We spent two days in Brussels, which was suprisingly quaint with lots to do! The people were incredibly friendly and laid back, and it certainly didn't feel like a capital city of1.2 million. We loved the giant parks the best, I think. People will sometimes tell you to skip Brussels and head for Brugges or Ghent (smaller, more picturesque towns) but Brussels was worth the visit.
Next, we went to Ghent and fell into great luck because right now the town is in the middle of an annual 10-day festival in which the entire town (500,000) turns out to jam out, indulge, socialize, and shop. It is customary to stay out the entire night, and the city does not close down until about 8am or so...we lasted until a little before 2am before fighting our way through the thongs of people (pretty much all locals!) to turn in for the night.
Tomorrow morning we head off for the last leg of our trip, Amsterdam. We'll spend 2 days there before heading back to good ole' Guate.
Blog Easter Egg: A short, gentle mohawk combined with a short, gentle mullet is a dapper 'do these days, and in German they call the mohawk `Euro Cheese`! We prefer the combo-terms "Mulhawk" or ''Mollet." Post comments on other suggested terms for this weirdly popular hairstyle!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Post-Four Germany
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Angela
"Thongs" of people huh? Must have been some crazy partying!:)
Wait, wait, wait... where did you hear the term "Euro Cheese"? All I remember was VoKüHiLa, meaning Vorna Kürz, Hinten Lang, or literally "Front: short; Back: long." Less literally, "Business in front, party in back."
My mother-in-law just taught me that these are called Ab Kürz Fimmel (appropriately shortened to AbKüFi), which means "a fetish to abbreviate every thing." Oh, those silly Germans.
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