For the foodies... (veggies, find something else to read)

Europe, the land of european cuisine :D.
People have mastered the use of knife and fork. You should see them eating an apple using knife and fork, and spaghetti! god! how elegantly the twirl the noodles around the fork using a spoon and roll it into a ball before eating it.

On your next trip to Europe try the following:

Cheese Fondue (refer to a previous post for full details)
Chocolate Fondue (refer to a previous post for full details and replace cheese with chocolate)

Raclette

Raclette is also cheese but people describe Fondue as melted cheese and Raclette as melting cheese. The difference is subtle.

Falafel (this is for veggies, so feel happy)

Three common, famous and typical european snacks are:

Bratwurst - A kind of sausage - must eat with mustard sauce and bread but has other modifications too.
Cervelat - A kind of salami

Kebap - something similar to our chicken roll in Calcutta but with loads more fillings. Comes in many varieties. Veg, Chicken, Pork and many more local variations of these. Best variation is the Doner Kebap, tried, tasted and recommended.

This is bratwurst with bread and mustard sauce.

This is doner kebap in all its glory.

Lots of other smaller specialities. Can't recall them all now. Make sure you try them all.

A small incident. Had gone to try bratwurst at this eating joint where the guy serving was from Bangladesh. We got talking in bong. (His was heavily accented) We gelled quickly.

Finally, when I asked for bratwurst, he got senti saying "You must be Hindu na, why are you eating beef?". I was guilt-tripped big time. He went on to explain to me the religious differences between Hindus and Muslims and how before coming to Switzerland, he religiously stayed away from pork. But, after coming, he started. So, thankfully, I used the same excuse of starting it only after coming to Europe. There was definitely an air of awkwardness when he handed the bratwurst over the counter.

I liked this incident in some strange way. A kind of bonding despite differences. The bratwurst was over pretty soon but the memory will live on :).

Keep coming back, I am going to remain very active on blogosphere for some days to come.