Some things are just different here continued

Some things are just different here continued...

Laundry -- so your underwear is dirty and your riding shorts are full of racing stripes...plan on an all day project to get those suckers clean. I doesn't make any sense at all, no matter how many times I think it through, why the washers would take longer than the dryers! But hey, they do. Oh yeah, and they are little pint sized things at best. Want to do a real load of laundry?? Plan on a least two while you spend time in Belgium.

Coffee -- I think that almost every person I talked to before I came over had said...don't worry all the coffe there is good. Well, I must say that I strongly disagree! I've tried a hanful of different store brands and haven't liked any of them. Not that I am some sort of coffee expert, but nothing even comes close to Starbucks. The brand that the guys who had been here before seemed to settle on is alright, much better than the first couple I tried, but I am thoroughly dissapointed. I guess I must be carefull in what I say because I have yet to venture out to any of the small coffee shops in/near Bruge. I have this feeling that my sentiments won't change much after visiting some of them.

Milk -- So you think you want a glass of milk...rrrright. So far most of what I have found at the grocery store has been milk of the form U.H.T. Meaning it has been essentially ultra pasturized...Ultra High Temperature. It doesn't need to be refridgerated till you open it. It doesn't taste like REAL milk. As far as I can tell it sort of tastes like powdered milk, sort of sweet, but not good enough to just drink a glass of. Actually, I would rather drink a glass of sour 'normal' milk. It is fine for cooking and alright on cereal.

So you got a nice car... well people hear seem to actually drive their 'nice cars.' Nice cars being Audi, BMW etc. etc. They don't leave it in the garage and polish it with baby diapers (cloth ones...duh) on the weekends. The freaking take them out for a drive. More than once now I have been passed on a little one lane farm road by a 'nice car' and he/she has been flying along at a pretty good clip. Most of the time while flying aling they have not hesitated to take it off the farm road to go around me or another car (yes, even through the mud). I just can't picture this happening in the U.S. Maybe its just me.
I mean no offence to any of you out there who have 'nice cars,' but I certainly hope you drive them!