Things I Learned While Traveling Through Western Europe

Things I learned while traveling through Western Europe:

Germans are very concerned about sustainability.

Liverwurst and pickle sandwiches are AMAZING.

If you spend 700 years building something it's gonna look pretty awesome.

The three wisemen's remains are in this jeweled box. Take that mister snobbish Bible professor:
"ACTUALLY we don't know how many wisemen there were."

 A bier museum is a place where they have 25 beers on tap.

This store is such a knock-off they even got the name wrong.

My German adopted family is the best. Don't be jealous, get your own. 

Gifts were slightly more grand back in the day, take the present from Tsar Alexander II for example. 

He gave Paris a bridge.

If you're going to steal something ancient from Egypt claim they gave it to you as a gift.

This is like the hallowed ground of most amazing writers ever. If Robert Louis Stevenson was somehow buried in the Pantheon in Paris I think it would be.

The Eiffel Tower is very cool and takes a REALLY long time to get up when only one lift is working.

Mussels are the best in Normandy, if you go there eat them.

 16th century Norman chateau's are very cool, stay in them whenever possible.

Though it looks charming, do not be deceived; these tubs are very hard to wash in.

Anyone concerned with US history should visit the DDAY beaches. At Point Du Hoc 250 men climbed these cliffs to ensure the success of the US landing on Omaha beach, only 90 survived. That's bravery and courage most of us know nothing about.

Regardless of what you think of America or it's military now, respect is due these men and their sacrifice for what they believed to be right. I hope that I will be willing to give my all for what I think matters most with a similar lack of selfishness.