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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • While that sounds frustrating, I also could not get a bank account in the UK when I studied there, and my wife had to go to maybe 10 different banks in France to find one which would open an account for a foreigner when she lived there for a while.

    We spent close to a year preparing to live in the UK as students for 8 months, emailing universities and city councils and so on. Moving to a new country is full of that sort of thing in general.











  • I think it’s a power-thing. Some Americans follow the ‘customer is always right’ thinking and expect staff to be servile. But my experience in Europe is that when you interact with a waiter or a shop assistant you’re interacting with an equal who happens to be serving you at that moment, and who also expects a certain something from you.

    I still remember a waiter who was very disappointed in me because I didn’t know which wine I wanted to have with my fish 😂 Sorry, Danes don’t know much about wine. Anyway, the only time I’ve encountered rude staff was in Belgium and only once or twice - and probably just because we seemed impatient.



  • Hehe, I’ve been to Paris twice, and to Bordeaux, Montpellier, Hauts de France, and surrounding countryside as well. This year we’ll drive to Alsace-Lorraine and visit the Vosges. I’ve liked every visit 🙂

    I mean, some people are rude, that’s normal. But overall we’ve been treated really well no matter where we’ve been.

    I was in Bordeaux with my family for the world cup in 2018, it was a great experience even with thousands of people and us with two toddlers.

    Sorry, this comes of as a love letter to France 😂 I promise, I also love visiting other parts of Europe!