Lederhosen is still cool

The night that SML and I first got to Germany, my parent’s German neighbors invited us over for a barbecue with snitzel and bratwurst and too many desserts to count. Their neighbor’s son came out dressed up in traditional lederhosen that I thought was really cool because in Utah, the closest thing we have to that is dressing up like a Pioneer/Polygamist on the 24th of July.

“Work will set you free.”

One of the first things we did in Germany was visit the Dachau concentration camp, which was kind of the model for the other camps during World War II. This picture shows the message on the front gate to the camp that translates to “work will set you free.” It was a sad place, but a really cool museum if you’re ever in the area.

Bathrooms are for more than just peeing.

You can seriously buy sex toys in the bathrooms from vending machines. SML noticed these first. Just so you know.

Only in a fairy tale.

The first week in Germany we went down south into Bavaria to see Munich and visit Neuschwanstein, the very famous castle you see in this picture. My sister was really adamant about taking a horse carriage up the castle because, “When are you ever going to get to do that.” If she meant when am I going to see a horse nearly fart and shit in my face I hope never again.

Speaking Japanese in Paris

Paris is an amazing city if only for it’s size. I actually developed a potato-sized callous on the side of my foot from walking the city and a new tendency to complain about everything. This was bad for my diet because whenever I have to do hard work I feel like I’m entitled as many ice cream scoops as I want. Which is two scoops every day around 3:00.

The last night we spent in Paris was at a Japanese restaurant because it’s one of my most favorite foods ever. I’d been walking all day in the rain and I totally deserved it. Across from our table some Japanese women greeted us by saying “Hallo!” and the laughing at the way we were holding our chopsticks. We were totally invited to come visit them in Japan the next time we happened to land on that island.

Small guy in big things

We kept running into really big wooden shoes and other objects when we were in Holland. I made SML pose with all of them so we could reminisce later whenever we needed a good laugh.

This trip was so much fun; I can’t even begin to express how grateful I feel that my parents were so kind and hospitable to SML and I. I got to do so much on this trip that I had never done before, especially in Paris, and it feels so good to know that I’ve been able to do those things. Among those things, we visited Painters Square, Nortre Dame, Napoleon’s Tomb, Louvre, and Versailles.

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