tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42998164935731568.post7673708701493183332..comments2023-08-14T08:37:35.029-06:00Comments on On the Parenting Front Line: Kuala Lumpur, SundayEmilayoheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149808061183538180noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42998164935731568.post-77836349242822510382007-07-31T15:45:00.000-06:002007-07-31T15:45:00.000-06:00Hi Emily,One opinion for you. This was from our la...Hi Emily,<BR/><BR/>One opinion for you. This was from our last trip to Holland. If you are comfortable with the language and customs etc. You aren't actually visiting a native place. When we went to this place in Bavaria for instance we stayed in a US Armed Forces Hotel kind of thing and you could honestly never leave it but what fun is that? Well a lot of fun actually but the really cool thing is to get out in with the peeps, but its not easy. It doesn't take getting too far off the beaten path to find that nobody speaks your language either which is what I found daunting. <BR/><BR/>Also here in the UK when we go to a pub they'll ask if we want ice in the 2 pound ($4.00!) soda. And they say it in this 1/2 joking - 1/2 smarmy way of really saying, "I know you are a pampered American and not made of the right stuff (I guess its the teeth that give us away) to take your diet coke straight." <BR/><BR/>Finally doesn't it just make you amazed that the racers on the Amazing Race can actually function? I love traveling, except for the traveling part of traveling. I like the being in different places but not the pain of getting on and off an airplane. I almost never take a cab anywhere and love buses, trains and boats.Drake Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360027308326166637noreply@blogger.com