Alright, I’m back on the blog after a raucous week-long trip across the pond. It was my first trip to Europe, and a great chance to hang out with my L.A.-bound friend Nate, but also an eye-opening experience in different cultures. I will now attempt to correlate POTM to some of the more notable observations abroad.
#1 – Van Holtens needs a mayonnaise or tobacco flavored pickle if we’re going to expand into Europe.
I swear, the amount of mayo the Czechs, Deutsche, and Dutch use on fries is obscene. I would have taken a picture to back this up, but I didn’t want to puke on my camera while snapping the photo. And the smoking! I’m betting they use Marlboros instead of pacifiers with their kids. And believe me, there’s nothing more lovely than going to use the closet of a shared hostel bathroom and realizing the last occupant probably smoked half a pack while he took care of business.
#2 – If the POTM website is going to be popular in Europe, we need to give it a disco theme.
I know, the name “disco” is more or less derogatory here in the U.S., but over there it implies thumping music and platform dancers galore. Now that’s good clean fun, and even more reason to go ahead with that sequined POTM shirt Doug keeps talking about.
#3 – We need an official POTM bicycle for promotional appearances.
And when I say bike, I mean granny-style easy rider with a big-cheeked seat, headlight, and bell. None of them fancy schmancy mountain bikes or flimsy road bikes most people ride here in the States. Honestly, there was no better way to get around Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Prague. Once I convince Marty he would look smashing in green spandex POTM gear, let the advertising begin!
