Korean road rules in no way resemble ours.
Korean hotel restaurants serve meat at room temperature.
Koreans build MASSIVE bridges.
You can't just walk into a German hotel and eat breakfast.
Motorhome toilets smell only of the chemicals you pour in to treat the waste.
Germans obey ALL road rules exactly. Even the truck drivers.
Autobahns are amazing things.
On a Korean Air flight from Korea to Germany, 80% of the movie titles will be in English.
English motorways DO have speed limits, even though they don't tell you what it is. Even when you're getting out of the Channel Tunnel. No signs.
Bruges is beautiful, though there are a lot more tourists than are shown in the movie.
Bruges has not capitalised on the movie at all.
Bruges really is just like a f**king fairytale. (if you don't get that, see "In Bruges")
The Passchendaele museum is not in Passchendaele.
People regularly have shouting arguments on British trains.
Old ladies on British trains read Russell Brand's autobiography, but they hide it inside a gardening magazine.
The queue for the London Eye is soul destroyingly long.
You can still get classic rock stations on the AM band in the UK.
BBC TV Newsreaders have a much more relaxed manner than their Australian counterparts, and are much easier to watch.
Cons and Dunlop Volleys are not sufficient for serious walking.
In cafes in Bruges, a 'large coke' comes in a full sized stein.
Germans love their Biergartens.
I can't speak French.
Crossing the Channel in a motorhome costs €275.
Bruges has city-wide free wifi.
The staircase of the Bruges carillion gets VERY narrow up the top of the 366 steps.
There are CCTV cameras EVERYWHERE in London.
The Science museum would be a hell of a lot more rad if there weren't so many damn kids around. Seriously kid, it's my turn on that thing.
Gluten free food is quite nice, though impossible to find in cafes.
Vodafone actually works in the UK.
The London Underground struggles to cope with rugby games. Good luck with the Olympics, guys.
It's possible to accidentally drive into the Netherlands from Germany when you were aiming for Belgium.
That's 7 days. What have you learned?
Matt.
We learned a lot of cool music at the hunter singers camp. We learned that the Geneva Accords of 1954 were responsibel for the Vietnam war. We knew already that we couldn't speak French. The wall holding up the Thornton's yard at the back of ours is about to fall over. Paul Jarman recovers from drinking 3 bottles of wine much better than I do. Joey sounds like "a bought one" when she sings at Charlestown square, and she'll probably get in the top box. Mum's really cool on the accordion. We miss our matty and Rachel already. Brad and nat have set the bar at new heights for VERY loud music at parties, (although they still finished at midnight). This is a cool way to ge a lot of info into a comment.
ReplyDeleteThis is joey by the way... I'm on the iPad and I can't get it to be me.
ReplyDeleteThe geneva accordes were only party responsible for the Vietnam war, it was also the americans afraid of communism and Diem being a wanker. Matts dressing gown is much more comfy then mine. Dad gets really drunk on 3 bottles of wine. When you plan a dem-day for the 2nd week back in a new semester take into account the 6 new kids you will get and the 3 old kids you will lose. Brad and nat playing classic 80's music for 5 hours straight, VERY loudly, is annoying at first but shortly become RAD! oh and the first thing Margy said when she saw your wedding photo was "matt looks very serious".
And dad gets cranky when I waste valuable 'pancake making' time by writing a very long comment to you guys. Missing you a lot...
Poppy xxx
Hey guys...I just sent you a text message today,,.don't know if you would've got it or even if you are using a mobile. Can we FaceTime or something soonish?
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