dumb americans

flex just got back from a trip to spain and france. she went with bootsy and ei, and told me that ei basically made them eat mcdonalds and pizza hut the entire time. that really pissed me off. why on earth would you go to another country only to eat the same shit you can get a block away from your house? this kind of close-mindedness kills me. ei is someone who, given the choice between say a thincrust, real italian pizza and stale pizza hut, would head to the pizza hut at a dead sprint. mcdonalds, burger king, olive garden, tgif... i just don't understand clinging to that american shit when there is much better stuff out there and new things to explore. so yeah, they ate at pizza hut their last night in paris. this is one of the many reasons they turn their snooty noses up at americans. there is this big, huge cultural void. i see the same thing in new york; midwest tourists in their big khaki shorts to cover their fat asses, and baseball caps, thrilled because there's an applebee's or something. why bother try something new when they can stick to what they know.

it kind of reminds me of the one chinese restaurant i saw in italy. i can maybe understand locals maybe wanting to try chinese food for a change of pace. but the restaurant was filled with tourists. they go to italy... to eat chinese food! there would be only one exception to my rule, and it came into play my and andrew's last day in italy. we were hungover as fuck, and italians don't know how to do a good brunch. we were in desperate need of GREASE=eggs. a cappucino and pastry just weren't going to cut it, no matter how good the cappucino. we walked all over rome trying to find a cafe that would do eggs properly, like a big old omelet. after the fifth cafe and no luck, sweating our hungover asses off, i looked very solemnly at andrew and said, "you know... i think we might have to go to the hard rock cafe to get eggs." he looked at me thoughtfully, and said, "yeah, you might be right."

shortly after that, we found a cafe that would accomodate us and we happily ate american-style eggs. then andrew drank a full glass of fresh lemon juice.