Comments on: Alexa Abroad! Part 3C.

By: Kate (Bee In The Bon

Kate (Bee In The Bon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:17:53 +0000

Spargelfest hit the northwest part of Germany just as I arrived: Spargel in the market. Did you know such a thing as an asparagus peeling machine exists, and that it is roughly the size of a teenaged cow? There is. Leave it to the spargel-crazy Germans to invent an entire machine (an entire, very large, undoubtedly expensive machine) whose sole point of existence is to peel their beloved asparagus. Crazy. And yes, I'm with you on the whole "this thing here is older than the ENTIRE US." My husband took me past his (equivalent of) junior high school which was built adjcent to a church which has been standing in that spot since the 1200s, which he naturally found quite unremarkable. It is so nice to read your Alexa Abroad series as I am here living my own Kate Abroad at the same time.

By: Elise

Elise — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:58:22 +0000

Alexa,
Your writing is a lovely bright point in my day, and if I win the lottery, you will have as many freelance gigs as you wish. Is it wrong to admit that I’m thrilled your dear Mum has guilted you into posting more? More for the rest of your adoring fans! More travelogues, more Simone! Yay!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:16:04 +0000

You know, I had never thought of visiting Switzerland… I’m not sure why. Now it’s on my short list of places to visit!
The first time I visited Spain, the thing that amazed me was the people living and eating and shopping in these hundreds-of-years old buildings without a second thought. No velvet rope in sight. In the US those places would be museums.

By: Jeanette1ca

Jeanette1ca — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:19:53 +0000

A week after returning to Missouri from 4 months in Israel, I heard a radio commercial talking about the ANCIENT Daniel Boone home that had been turned into a restaurant. My mom never did understand what I was laughing about.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:10:24 +0000

g –
Get bent.
Love, mamas of the world

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:01:44 +0000

Thank you for the pictures of Luzern. I went to Switzerland with my Mom many years ago and your pictures are bringing back many memories. The history blew me away too. You are a great writer.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:45:58 +0000

Yes you’re soooo boring, that’s why we all come here and read what you write. ;)

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:07:27 +0000

My parents were in Austria and Germany in May, and also came home with animated tales of Spargel. They too seem compelled to use it as an exclamation: Spargel!

I like hearing more of the tales of the Swiss. :)

By: Al

Al — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:02:31 +0000

G … excuse me g …just big G little o “Go” … is simply the voice of web idiocy that anonymity on the web allows. G neither the brains nor the backbone to say anything in person.

By: Celilo

Celilo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:02:54 +0000

That fucker was just looking for the meanest thing s/he could say. I’m guessing this person’s bile has nothing to do, really, with kids. Just looked for the sharpest dagger, I think.

(Me: 34, no kids, probably came up with this explanation because it keeeells me to think this “g” character is “the voice of the childless.”)