While I'm waiting for my bus to the aiport, I thought I would do a quick post on the foods and drinks that I tried overseas.
In Japan I had a Fanta Grape Zero which was a nice change the usually fizzy drinks. In Britain I had my fair share of Diet Cherry Coke. Yum, yum.
Italy, where do I start? We tried fresh mozzarella cheese in Italy with fresh pasta and pesto. Devine. We also drank red vino, which is amazing. Even the cheapest of brands were drinkable unlike the stuff we get in NZ. NZ red wine tastes kinda woody. Italian red wine was smooth.
In Austria and Germany try the gigantic pretzels. They come in several flavours, cheese, Nutella, and pizza just to name a few.
In Belgium we tried raspberry beer and cheery beer. The former tasted like lolly water and the latter was more like beer with a hint of cherry. Worth trying.
I'm running out of time so I will leave the post here.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
More lessons
Something else we can learn from Europeans is to learn new languages. In western Europe, many people speak English, which was very handy. Many of them also pick up a third language, which is, well kinda embarrassing since I'm only fluent in English. I know a few words of Japanese such as "raaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgggggggggg saqys the panda flavoured dino-monster", which is rough translation for Godzilla... and a few words of German, Italian, and French. Still I feel this isn't really enough. I guess the reason it is common for Kiwis to only know one language is because NZ is so isolated and until recent times we only just started travelling abroad and therefore had no reason to learn new languages. Additionally our schools don't really encourage their students to learn other languages. It's not until you reach year 10, that you are able to pick other languages aside from Maori, which isn't spoken in many places.... By the way, that translation was made up, if you couldn't tell :P
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Things to be learnt
Things we can learn from Europeans
- How to be more confident
- How to make good red vine/vino from the Italians and French
- How to be punctual from the Germans and Austrians
- How to make delcious breads, cheeses and pastries
- How to enjoy our meals and not over eat
- How to be more polite and friendly
- How not to litter
- How to look after heritage sites
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