It's Politics, Like Always

Last night, I experienced a real drinking night--European style. Lisa(German friend) and I went to out to celebrate that she finally found a flat and also that I might have a job on Monday. If you ask me, the real reason why we went out...well, It was a Saturday night. First we asked the receptionist at the hostel if he could point out a cheap bar in Paris. His response: The cheap bar in Paris doesn't exist. Okay, then. We began our quest for a bar not too far from the hostel just in case one of us got too drunk to walk. We settled on a bar around the corner that offered 5 euro drinks. We decided that paying that much for a drink was the cheapest we would even find, so we made ourselves comfortable at a table across the street from Le Louvre. Only in Paris!

We began our night with some light topics. We discussed her time in Australia and the way of living in America. She was suprisingly amazed at the fact that Americans drive everywhere. She spent 3 week in Alaska. She was shocked to find out that her host family would drive to the supermarket 5 minutes down the street. She was also surprised to see that everything in America has a drive-thru, "even banks".

As the night progressed, we touched on different subjects such as family, work, Uni ( Yes, I am a European now, so the word "college" is non-existent) and then, my Christmas day...POLITICS!! The person who is aware of current issues around the world will always have my respect. I have to admit, Lisa might end up being my maid of honor.**This chick is cool. She is more aware of Obamacare, the immigration crisis and the political parties in United States than about 80% of the people I know in the U.S. Now, Lisa is not really majoring in anything political related at Uni, but she's simply aware because that's how she was raised. It's more of a cultural thing in Europe.

I think it's funny how in America, people who don't know shit about politics or simply chose to be ignorant to what's happening around the world give you the excuse that politics is not something they are learning at Uni, therefore, it's okay not to know about such an important topic at any given day. Yet, most of these people live their lives complaining about how government is screwing them. Okay...

Life is different in Europe, I can tell. And I've only been here four days...

Tater.

*Not really my maid of honor. Klaire will be my maid of honor...need to clarify before she kills me.