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I love lunch here, nice and relaxed. And today it mainly revolved around a discussion of stereotypes after Andrea (Italian Ph.D., had been on vacation) aired his grievances about a commercial he saw portraying Italians as ‘Latin lovers’. Christian mentioned that he thought one of the stereotypes about Germans was that great hair travesty, the mullet – or at the very least the rat tail. Sarah mentioned the hairy (no shaving legs and armpits) stereotype about Europeans. I agreed with that, but specified that I thought that Americans at least, really focus that one on the French and Spanish. All of them were quick to clarify that “no, no, no” this was something that the older generation did/does.*
It was cool getting to know Sandra better today, since she is working on everything except pgl3, and all of that is the focus of my proposal here. So we are going to be working on a lot of the same stuff, and we coordinated what lines we were each going to plant and perform assays on.
OMG, the bread I bought today was amazing. I stopped by the bakery that is just off the path from my walk to and from the lab, and randomly chose one of the dark loafs. I also went to the butcher/cheese store in the same plaza, but I haven’t had the chance to try what I bought yet. Back to the bread, OMG. It was crisp on the outside, and soo moist on the inside. Covered in different seeds, from pumpkin to sesame. Just sooo good. As I walked home, I was hungry, and ripped a chunk off as I walked, but I just wanted more. OMG. I can’t really tell you what about it made it so special, but the dough was no simple wheat, or multigrain. It was airy and dense, and tasty. Details next time, maybe.
Things I love about Germany:
People walk everywhere. With groceries, with groceries and children. They just do – and it’s fabulous. The unfortunate thing about this is that when I get home, my feet are going to look like shit. Pedicure to the max time.
Random German Fact of the Day:
German mayonnaise comes in tubes akin to those that toothpaste comes in. And you can buy a dozen beers, or you can just buy them by the bottle.
*Note – Tomorrow I need to ask about the stereotypes they have about Americans.
