Yeah, I'm always amazed at how many thin men & women in their 70's and 80's I see riding bikes around the small towns of Europe. To see America's fattest, all one needs to do is walk through a Sam's or Costco. So pathetic. That reminds me, I've gotta tell my son right now to get off that damn XBOX and get outside.
I love a fat American woman who loves to whine and nag constantly and only cares about how much money you make. More cushion for the pushin. A fat woman means that there is just more of them to love.
Some European observations I have: 1) Very small portions (compared to the US) and very little fried foods 2) Very small cars....I swear i could lift one over my head! 3) Beer in France and spain SUCKS!!! Estrella and Kronenbourg yuck! 4) Europeans are obsessed with graffiti....sheesh...every sq. inch seems to be covered.. 5) LOTS of smokers especially among the young 6) The most dangerous roads and drivers in the world are in Europe....NY is safer!! These nuts on the scooters are crazy!!! 7) COffee is sooo much better.....none of this maxwell house shit ! hard core leaded coffee! 8) Barcelona is obsessed with hams......hams that include the fucking foot of the pig!!! ( st Joseph market is amazing yet sickening at the same time!) 9) French beaches are awesome...especially the topless cuties laying around 10) French beaches are disgusting...especially the the 70 year old topless women who have leather bag banana's hanging below their navel. 11) Best Pizza in the world.....is still in NYC!!! 12) everything is so SMALL....we are so spoiled by our vast land size in the US....roads, homes, hotels rooms....everything is so much larger in the us.....and especially elevators!!! i could barely fit in them!
The good thing about Europe, except for a handful of some of the more major cities, is that they don't have a fast food restaurant on every corner like here. Plus gas costs more there, so they tend to use bikes more to get around.
when i first got here in the 80's...i would see kids playing stick ball, dodge ball, jumping ramps, flipping cats in the air, making bazookas out of the christmas wrapping tubes, putting smoke bombs in empty gallon jugs and watch the pressure blow them up, tossing m-80's...all in a days work after school where all the kids in the block would get together and hang til the parent of one of the kids would scream that dinner was ready....this was day in and day out, summer , fall, winter....summer camp was getting on your bike and riding it all day ;o)...now i dont see any kids in the street..they are all inside playing video games and watching dvd's mostly i guess...peace
and they walk alot....walking is one of the better excersises to lose weight...you just have to do it for hours a day...we just dont have enough hours in our Americanized lifestyle...
France and Spain have shitty beer because they're wine drinkers... they have a beer like they you have a coke, they couldn't give a fuck. Most of them think Budweiser is acceptable for Christ sakes. There are literally thousands of amazing beers in Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Ireland... much much more variety. they drink Maxwell house in Italy, Spain, France...? don't think so... I don't think I've even seen it for sale there. That starbucks shit is foul compared to what they have there. In fairness, here In london we drink the instant crap just to stay awake. NYC pizza i admit is the best in the world, no matter what the snobs in Naples say.