"Chuck" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:24:16 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >The Bubbo wrote:
> >
> >> And the one time it irritated me was on the same trip, there were so
many
> >> places in New Orleans I wanted to eat at and I couldn't because they
didn't
> >> have vegan options. Being out-voted by them was kind of irritating.
> >
> >I can't blame the vegans totally for that. A few years ago went on a
trip to
> >Europe with two brothers and their wives and I got outvoted on just about
> >everything. I had horrible Italian food in Germany, over priced food at
prime
> >tourist areas in Paris and was outvoted on more interesting places. The
next time
> >I was over there I located some of the places I missed out on during the
previous
> >group trip, which is the last group trip for me. Never again.


> Italian food...... in Germany? You're pulling our collective leg
> aren't you?

Sadly, I believe her. My brother went to France 10 years ago on business.
I was insanely jealous (can someone tell me why I'm the one who majored in
foreign languages, but will apparently be the last in my family to get to
Europe?), and quizzed him when he got back. "The food there sucks," he
informed me. He went on to explain that his boss, their French contact and
he had "gone out for a large pizza and 3 Pepsis, and it cost over 50 bucks!
And the pizza sucked!" He explained that he had assumed they'd have *great*
pizza in France, because it's so close to Italy. "Hell, we're clear across
the ocean and we got us some great pizza here!"

Luckily, he ate German food in Germany - he didn't really care for it, he
said, but any country who makes beer that good doesn't need good food. He
actually *liked* English food when he was in England; said he never wanted
to see potatoes again after time in Scotland and Ireland (but again, the
beer was good). Nearly starved to death in China, but at least was polite
about it.

After the trip to France, I started demanding DNA tests. I just *know* my
parents brought the wrong baby home - there's no way we're related!

Lisa Ann