Thoughts After Two Weeks...

-Why is it cheaper to buy snacks/coffee from vending machines than at the corner store?

-Why can't we have old sections of town in the U.S. where everyone walks in the streets and makes drivers wait for them to move?

-Why are CD's so damn expensive here? (18-20 euro is the average price for a French or import CD.)

-Can someone please teach the French the meaning of efficiency? Everything takes way too long to do here and the bus is never on time.

-Why do they put the fries IN the sandwich?

-Since when is the definition of a salad 'just lettuce'? I mean, I know the word for lettuce is salade - but who just eats lettuce?

-If half-creamed milk tastes like whole, I don't want to drink the creamed milk.

-I miss the way ribbed sweaters shrink back to the right shape in the dryer and everything comes out soft and pliable instead of stiff and bent in half.

-Why don't we have more kinds of cheese in the US? Some of these are really good!

-Why is the phone system here so far behind? Each local call costs money and it costs more to call a cell phone than a landline. What gives?

-Why is it cheaper to get a glass of wine than a Coke at the bar?

-Why does a glass of wine at the bar cost just as much as a bottle at the store? (You can get a decent bottle for 2-3 euro or less at the grocery store...)

-How on earth did my host mom memorize so many great vegetarian recipes?

-Why does everyone in France (that I know of anyway) eat dinner at 8 pm?

-How did I forget to record the Maroon5 album to my computer?