Things I have learned about Utrecht in my first 72 hours:
1. The Dutch do not believe in credit cards.
2. Utrecht is not pronounced YOU-TREK as I have been telling all of you. But then again, I was never good at languages...
3. The Aussies are great. In my next life, I will go abroad to Australia.
4. Dutch people cycle while listening to their ipod, usually eating a sandwich and/or having a drink, while someone sits on the back of their bike to go along for the ride which the Australians refer to as "dinking", or giving someone a lift. You could say, for example, "I can dink you if you'd like".
5. NO ONE IS ON THEIR PHONES AS MUCH AS AMERICANS, and by Americans I mean all of us who have blackberries, more specifically all jewish girls who have bbm (I am of course guilty of this)! The other night Rachel and I were at a party and we took out our blackberries for a hot second and were immediately asked if we were having a bad time. Imagine if every time anyone took out their phone at WashU you were assumed to be having a bad time; it would get awkward real fast.
6. The International kids call the Spanish kids the Spanish Mafia. Apparently, the Aussies are next to gain Mafia status as there are so many of them. Maybe one day Rachel and I will be privileged enough to be referred to as the American Mafia... but until then we are merely known as being from "the States". One can dream.
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