Do as the Europeans

Today marks a week that I've been here. Weird. I have just one profound thing which I wish to share at this time. Schorle. What the heck? Ok, for those of you who were as ignorant as I was let me tell you. I just means juice that is half carbonation. Apfelsaftschorle (apple juice half carbonation) is something that I've grown familiar with. Let me just say: I stopped drinking soda years ago so I've been trying to ease back into this carbonation business with, you know, Ginger Ale (another big one here). So I decided today that since I've now been here a week, I would re-try Apfelschorle since my first attempt was early on. It was...an experience. Why would you do that to juice? I will probably continue to try it and perhaps eventually force my taste buds into submission. 

I also learned that how American you look is judged by how done up. So, as i wore a T-shirt, cardigan, hair minimally done, and no makeup, I was really just sporting the "I'm going to blend in with all you Europeans" look. I'm not sayin'-I'm just sayin.