Culture Shock?

I'm writing this after the fourth dinner in a row which consisted of some sort of left overs and something inedible. If this is what culture shock is than I guess I have it. The food the first couple of days was fine a mix of pasta and chicken even the dessert was good with tiramisu. It was all downhill from there. Every night there is a vegetarian dish with some sort of "meat" dish. These "meat" dishes normally consist of fish, which don't get me wrong I love fried fish and salmon which they had two nights. This fish is a fish of a different kind there are silvery scales and I'm pretty sure I saw and eye. There is always potatoes and sometimes chips (French fries for our French fan or Freedom fries for the American ones) carrots and rolls. The past couple of days all I have been eating is carbs which makes me a very tired and energy less person. All I want right now is a Boloco burrito, Terriyaki House orange chicken bowl or Pad Thai. I also miss being able to eat when I want with a set time of 6:30 you pretty much have to get there around then and be done eating by 7:30 or you start to get nasty looks from the wait staff.

One thing that I don't really miss from home is having the internet everywhere. It is nice sometimes to be able to not have to worry about my email or who has a new Facebook picture I happily check that once a day now. What is not the best feature of the internet here is the fact that I'm not allowed to go on my instant massager or skype especially since I put money on skype to use to call people at home.

I wish the time difference was a little better or I had at least the ability to call my best friends. It's hard to coordinate a time when we are all free to talk especially with the five hour time difference. And sometimes all you need is just to talk to your best friend.

With all this I guess I will just have to settle for burritos in my dreams and Paris this weekend.