For starters, if you've never been to Europe do it. Don't wait any longer, it's not as hard as you think and its amazing. I haven't been everywhere yet but so far things aren't dramatically different from what you might expect. People are still people, that doesn't change but its the little things that make it special. I'll assume for the moment that royale is actually the preferred nomenclature in France but I was disappointed to see QP cheese listed on the menu at McDonalds here in Umeå. The difference here is that QP doesn't necessarily mean quarter pounder because Swedes have no point of reference. I didn't bother to buy one and weigh it so I'll probably never know where the real difference lies. Still little things, a detailed list that is far too long to ever compile but comforting every time I notice one; phones sound different when they ring, thats something I never would have even thought of, why did they even decide to change it? As an aside, the metric system is so much better than the imperial system. No one uses it except the US and Scotland and there they still measure each other in stone weight 1 stone =14 pounds (I'm guessing thats so that they can round down). I can't even tell people how tall I am because they have no idea what I'm talking about unless I use CM or almost 2 meters. Finally baking in metric is fun too, I had never even considered a Deciliter until I tried to baking some scones, luckily everything came out ok. The picture is Umeå city hall.
