Thursday, February 26, 2009

Food in Paris

Europe is different. It has taken me a few weeks to adjust to the differences between the cultures of the United States and countries here in Europe. But one thing that I've yet to adjust to here in Europe is the food. Food is an important part of culture and it tells a lot about the people that live in a region. The food in the south of the United States is different from the food in the north and the same goes for the east and the west. I assume this is the same here in Spain an for all of Europe. Because of I have never traveled to Europe, I thought before going to Paris that maybe the food in Spain was different and the food in Paris would be more like the United States. I was wrong. The food in this is a picture of a pizza that Shannon ordered in a little cafe. All of the pizzas were very different from the pizzas that are on menus in the states. Each one had strange ingredients that I would never think of putting on pizza. She ordered this one. It had olives, which is not that strange, egg plant, and an egg in the center of the pizza. I've heard that the French put eggs on top of a lot of foods, but I never thought a pizza would be one of these things. It was so strange to see them place a pizza in front of her with a fried egg in the center. She ate it and said it was really delicious. I guess everyone is different in the same way every culture is different. After my experience in France with the food, I have learned that every country has different customs and none are like the customs of my beloved homeland of the United States of America; not better, not worse, just different. 

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