“Where’s the ice?”

“Sir?”

“I ordered iced tea. This is just…..tea.”

“Uh….sir….I do not understand. Tea? With ice? We don’t know this thing.”

Now I am a good Southern boy who grew up drinking my Nana’s iced tea. It was a staple in our house, but here I am somewhere in Europe (I have been traveling on my own) and they have no idea what I’m talking about. How can this be? This is another thing to file under crazy darn stuff in Europe.

In my list I now have:

Bathrooms are mostly unisex. They get it over here. People just gotta go, and nobody cares who’s going in a stall next to them.

They have nudes everywhere in their ads. Full frontal, naked as jaybirds and it’s just….so what? Crazy but somehow natural.

A railroad pass will get your just about anywhere you want to go all over Europe; cheap, on time, center of city and literally everywhere.

Everyone drinks beer in most places and drinking age is eighteen. I see parents giving sips of wine to little kids and no one has a hissy fit. It’s just a part of the meal.

They’re nuts for soccer but they call it football but it sure isn’t like football in Alabama. I like it!

I have tried some weird food stuff, for sure. Snails? Great with loads of garlic. Who knew? In Germany I had so many different sausages I lost count. Some places they dip their fries in mayo! Yuk. And England? Well mutton and squishy peas is everywhere and they have grilled tomatoes and fish for breakfast. How weird is that?

From here, I think I am in Amsterdam today, I’ll take the train back to Germany and live there for a year. I am really trying to be open minded about everything, but I have to teach these people about sweet tea and ice!