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An American Girl in Paris
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on October 23, 2007, 02:21:29 pm ---Same in Italy (where I just was). No overweight people, with the possible exception of a few old nonna (grandma) types. My theory is, it's the exercise.
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Good point. But I think there's another reason: portion size.
I've had my first taste of nothern american food when we were in Canada this summer and the portions of food we were served in the restaurants were a lot bigger than what I'm used to. There was always food left in my plate after I was finished.
I kept telling my kids not to overeat!
One thing I really liked though, and it's something we should do over here too, we always got a glass of ice water, as soon as we were seated. That is a very healthy habit.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on October 22, 2007, 10:03:03 pm --- (Ok, I saw no one in tie-dye, but that's an American thing) :-\
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What's tie-dye?
--- Quote ---An artsy shot of me in beret walking the Place Des Vosges - the rain is romantic:
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I like the artsy pic. :)
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on October 23, 2007, 03:26:55 pm ---What's tie-dye?
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It's this, Chrissi:
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: southendmd on October 23, 2007, 03:34:38 pm ---It's this, Chrissi:
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Thanks Paul. But my curiosity is still not satisfied ::)
Is tie-dye simply an American term for batik printing? Or is the batik T only an example and tie-dye means brightly coloured, flashy and somewhat garish?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on October 23, 2007, 03:01:22 pm ---
One thing I really liked though, and it's something we should do over here too, we always got a glass of ice water, as soon as we were seated. That is a very healthy habit.
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Oh yeah, the ice water. I think it's good service to provide it.
All this comparing reminds me of a thread I wanted to open a while ago, but then forgot about: small, funny, wondrous and other differences between North America and Europe.
Before we hog Della's Paris thread, I'll go and open it now ;D. BetterMost People will be the place for it.
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