I figure I should probably write something again...
Anyhow, I was in Ikea. Ikea is much more ubiquitous here in Germany than in America (although the parking lot is less crowded than the one in New Haven). But Ikea certainly has some qualities which make it the European-Walmart.
First, one thing they, Ikea is not an "everything" store like Walmart. But it has low-ish to normal quality products, and some really good products, for really cheap prices. I bought a super-non-stick pan (really non-stick) for 4 euros ($5). Later that evening I made some Schnitzel with Spaetzle (yum!) and it really didn't stick a bit. Not a bit. And it took 3 seconds to clean up.
Ikea almost also caught on to the idea of fast food. There is McDonalds in Germany, but they somehow must have lost something in translation.
McDonalds is soooooooooo expensive here! I could get a Doener Kebap (much better) for half the price of a meal and McDonalds. And you don't get free refills here. In Burger King you get *one* free refill. Ikea had cheap food (1 euro for a hot dog) and they *almost* had free refills, but they missed the main point. You know how in McDonalds they have the soda machines on the customer side of the register so that you can get your own refills, Ikea almost has that. They have the soda on the customer side of the counter - but no free refills! Silly people. Silly silly. Almost American, but not quite.
But I bought a ton of stuff and spent under 25 Euros. It was a pretty good bargain.
Two weeks until my birthday.
My language course also goes well. We've hit the point where there are one or two tests per week.
Ok, a question to test your English knowledge. Pick the correct meaning for "He was detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure":
a) He commited a crime
b) He receieved an "honour" (honor) from the Queen
c) He attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace
Tell me your answer.
Archived comments:
Mom:
Maybe you can make us some schnitzel with spaetzle when we come visit!
Anything particular we could send you/bring you for your birthday?
My answer is (a)
Paula:
hey mike, first off i wasn't informed that mcdonald's in america allowed you to get free refills. i think you've been stealing from american mcd's all these years, thinking you were innocent. why isn't there a sign that says free refills? ...because there are no free refills! don't you know, they just put it on the customer side because they want to test us to see if we will turn into thieves.
secondly... spaetzle, or however you spell it, is really good indeed. my dad makes it. because he's into cooking random things like that. yummy.
mikepn:
McDonalds does offer free refills. If they don't have a serve-yourself soda machine, then go to the counter and ask for one. Most of the McDonalds I've been in have serve-yourself machines.
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?pagenumber=1&t hreadid=224800
http://www.kevinhebert.com/alt.mcdonalds.html#10
Enjoy your free refills.
Anna:
I think I'm gonna pick (c) cause it sounds cool. Also to be different from Mom, not that that's gonna help my chances of being right.
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