Jena, Germany
Common in Europe yet totally absent in the U.S. is the mix of architecture we saw in Jena, a college town in the former East Germany. The pointed tower at the end of the street is about 400 years old and coexists quite nicely with newer buildings on the right. A shiny 10+ story glass office tower is not far away.
This combination of old and new is so typical of places we visited that you soon stop noticing it.
By comparision, when I tell people in the U.S. that I live in a house that's 120 years old, they are always impressed. In much of the world that would be nothing special.
Breakfast isn't always this beautifully presented, but a combination of cheese, fruit, meat and bread is pretty typical around these parts.
My breakfast (bottom plate) is the closest to what we might get in the U.S.—scrambled eggs with bacon. I think you'll agree, though, that this plate is a long way from a McDonald's Big Breakfast™ in more ways than one.
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