You can put a Canadian flag in that teardrop as well.
This takes me back to my first visit to England. On my first day out for a ramble, I stopped in a convenience store for some snacks. I reached for a pop and found the first can only vaguely cool to the touch. I pawed around a bit and guessed that the fridge must have been recently restocked. My bad luck.
In the subsequent three weeks to follow, I never did find an actually cold beverage. I'm always keen to be a "traveller", and accept the customs of the land I'm visiting, but quirks like this make me react "Are these lunatics completely out of their @($#& minds?!?"
Hah funny, we had the opposite experience in the south of Germany - my Italian in-laws requested a bottle of water at room temperature in a restaurant. It came ice cold.
The water conundrum in Europe is quite mind-boggling.
In the US & Canada, water is usually free at restaurants, but they charge you an arm & a leg for it in Europe. This is accurately portrayed in the comic.
But when you're trying to buy bottled water from a grocery store or supermarket, it's way cheaper to buy it in Europe. I've paid a few cents for a 1.5-litre bottle in Europe. I've paid more than a dollar for much smaller bottles in the US/Canada.
Then there's sparkling water. In Europe, there's almost no price difference. In North America, you pay out the nose.
You can put a Canadian flag in that teardrop as well.
ReplyDeleteThis takes me back to my first visit to England. On my first day out for a ramble, I stopped in a convenience store for some snacks. I reached for a pop and found the first can only vaguely cool to the touch. I pawed around a bit and guessed that the fridge must have been recently restocked. My bad luck.
In the subsequent three weeks to follow, I never did find an actually cold beverage. I'm always keen to be a "traveller", and accept the customs of the land I'm visiting, but quirks like this make me react "Are these lunatics completely out of their @($#& minds?!?"
Hah funny, we had the opposite experience in the south of Germany - my Italian in-laws requested a bottle of water at room temperature in a restaurant. It came ice cold.
DeleteThe water conundrum in Europe is quite mind-boggling.
ReplyDeleteIn the US & Canada, water is usually free at restaurants, but they charge you an arm & a leg for it in Europe. This is accurately portrayed in the comic.
But when you're trying to buy bottled water from a grocery store or supermarket, it's way cheaper to buy it in Europe. I've paid a few cents for a 1.5-litre bottle in Europe. I've paid more than a dollar for much smaller bottles in the US/Canada.
Then there's sparkling water. In Europe, there's almost no price difference. In North America, you pay out the nose.