Yesterday, my friend Caleb and I made a list of things that we really really miss from the United States. Some of the things we miss are obvious, like steak and tex-mex, but some are things you wouldn't think of immediately. Here they are:
-dryers
-BIG washing machines that wash in less than 30 minutes
-pancakes with maple syrup
-Fahrenheit
-ice
-real cars (not these little toy cars they have here!)
-normal keys (we all have skeleton keys)
-good showers (the showers here are tiny and they leak all over the floor)
-queen size beds (or at least normal size twin beds- the beds here are for twigs)
-real breakfast (not just a chocolate croissant and an espresso)
-cheap cell phone calls (calls to the U.S. are 50 cents a minute)
-the US Dollar (not this expensive Euro thing)
-big, COLD refrigerators (it seems like the fridges here don't actually refrigerate)
-microwaves
-normal plugs (we have to use converters that don't always work)
-wireless
-shopping malls and supermarkets (like Target, HEB and Albertson's)
-movies in English (that AREN'T dubbed)
-big TVS with lots of channels
-cheddar cheese
-1% milk
-ketchup
-ranch dressing
-Caesar salad
-salad in general (we've only had like 2 salads)
-gallons
-pounds
-dishwashers that work
-41 cent stamps (we have to pay 85 cents to send letters to the US)
-sticker stamps (NOT lick-able)
-free nights and weekends (for cell phones)
-Kleenex
-cheesecake
-swimming pools
-electricity (that works)
-meat (we eat so much pasta here, we just want plain old meat)
-veggies (same as above)
-English instructions
-soft toilet paper
-trucks
-American movies
I'm loving it here, but there are a lot of American commodities that I really miss. I bet when I get to the United States I'll be missing some things about Italy, too. The grass is always greener on the other side!!! :)
Ciao! -Ellie
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You were supposed to get steak in Florence. You know: "Tuscan Beef".
hehe. the combination washer and dryer I had in japan was just as bad. it took over two hours forty minutes to complete, didn't get your clothes all that dry, and left them tied in wrinkled knots.
The toilet, on the other hand, worked a little too well. hint: if you're ever inclined to see what all the buttons on the panel next to you do (all of the labels are in japanese), do not, and I repeat, DO NOT start pushing them randomly. If you do, you'll be rewarded with a surprise you won't soon forget ;-).
When you're with a group, Dad, that wants to eat at bad restaurants in piazzas, you don't get to eat Tuscan Beef!
And Mark, we don't get cool buttons, we just have weak toilets that generally don't have seats on them. I don't like them. I'll remember your advice if I ever go to Japan.
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