Day 12. I learned how early places close compared to America. At a local food court in Rotterdam, they close at 8pm but here in the Netherlands that means they close BY 8pm they stopped serving food at 7:45. In America typically they would stop serving food at 8 and be open until people leave.
Author: Lee
Tuesday, May 20th -Elijah Lee
Day 10 was an exhausting day of walking and climbing. We went to the town of Delft where the old architecture was everything I was looking for in the is trip. I loved the view atop the church but the stairs were absolutely a miserable climb. They don’t make tight spiral staircases 20 stories tall [...]
Sunday, May 18 -Elijah Lee
Day 8 was interesting. Our trip to Amsterdam was unlike anything I’ve experienced. They were very positive and filled with things we consider shameful in the states. They were accepting of just about everything which is not common in other European countries let alone America.
Tuesday, May 13th -Elijah Lee
Day 3 was busy. The Porsche Factory tour (completely in German) was interesting despite struggling to understand the guide but I was able to learn new german words from it. Munich was gorgeous and was much more walkable than our location in Stuttgart and all of Indiana and still had better public transportation (U-Bahn).
Monday, May 12th -Elijah Lee
Day 2 we went to the Mercedes-Benz factory and it was eye opening toward the process in constructing cars. I have never been to an American car factory so I don’t know how they compare but it was an amazing experience nonetheless!
Sunday, May 11 -Elijah Lee
Day 1 in Stuttgart was fun, it wasn’t too different from other German city tours I’d been on in the past. I still have to get used to taking trains everywhere since it is not so common in the U.S. My first Bräuhaus experience was shocking since I did not know what meat I was [...]
