- Never speak French with Fleming
- In the French culture, keep your hands on the table at dinner
- Belgian Beer, slow and steady. Slow and steady.
- French women definitely shave their armpits
- I can’t sing Le Marseillaise but its growing on me
- Belgium has 5 governments, and none of them seem to be effective
- Protests just happen, because they can (beware of angry farmers)
- Trains do their own thing, so roll with it
- Pretzels really are better in Germany
- Don’t go to the French Riviera after massive floods
- But if you do, travel with someone you love
- Definitely don’t airbnb anything outside of major downtown cities
- Every time you travel somewhere look outside and think about it, there’s probably somewhere very similar in the U.S. and that’s probably the reason those people moved there
- If you can’t handle being uncomfortable then you’ll never know what its like to be comfortable
- European towels are smaller and thinner
- You need an Umbrella, a good coat, and some resilient shoes in Brussels
- It’s ok to take a break.
- Things in Europe aren’t better or worse, they’re just European.
- The U.S. isn’t the only country that follows U.S. politics.
- I don’t know as many languages as people in Europe do
- Levi’s are cheaper in the U.S. by a long shot
- Europe needs more Dad jokes
- You can buy Frites-sauce in the grocery store
- Sweet, not salty for breakfast
- Money comes and goes, you don’t. Some things are worth buying.
- Traveling alone or with someone or both
- Taking the Thallys train is a beautiful thing
- Subways are the equivalent of live YouTube, you’re going to end up watching some weird stuff
- Europe has supermarkets
- I’m never going to be able to describe this experience in its entirety.
- Never try to memorize the types of grapes in the Loire Valley
- Lyon is the best kept (not so) secret of France
- Terrorists will never stop Europe from being Europe
- Kebab stands can solve the world’s most difficult issues of diplomacy
- Switzerland is really
- Skiing Switzerland really is all its cracked up to be
- The real Matterhorn is cooler than the Disney one, although it does not have a roller coaster
- I don’t like mulled wine; I gave it my best shot (pun intended)
- Applying for residency in Brussels is like to dipping your body in peanut butter and walking around town: you can do it… but why?
- Inflated grades in the US may be silly but at least they make you smile more than deflated grades in Europe
- American politics are funny to watch abroad until you realize that you are returning to those politics
- Most meats at a Buchon in Lyon: just eat it and don’t think about.
- Don’t put a $20 bill in the Laundromat coin machine (unless you love .50 coins)
- You may not be fluent, but you’re in a good spot if you can help an old lady with directions to the bus stop in French.
- Spontaneity is great, but have a back up plan
- Amsterdam is wild
- Hitler is the reason that Alsace wine varieties are so limited and controlled
- Hotels and stars: 1-2 shame on you (stay in a hostel), 3 Russian roulette, 4 good times
- Space bags are the way of the future
- Cornichon = pickle, not a pointed hat *cue confused professor’s face*
- People who say carbs are bad for you clearly have not had enough French bread (it’s a lost cause fighting its seductive delicious powers)
- The ladies who clean bathrooms all day probably make more money than I will out of college
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