We Miss...We Don't Miss...We Love...

We Miss:

* FAMILY & FRIENDS!

- Food gets its own section:

- Fajitas, queso & tortilla chips (anything mexican!) Cyclone's, Escalante's, Lupe's

- Lunch meat other than ham or wurst or schnitzel

- Cheeses other than different kinds of swiss
- Big grocery stores like HEB
- Fountain cokes
- Ice
- Avocados
- Softer breads
- Regular mustard (they only have dijon)
- Ranch dressing (or any dressing other than oil and vinegar or yoghurt)
- Ty
- People speaking English
- TV: HGTV, Brothers & Sisters & MadMen
- Nordstrom

- Target
- Mass in English
- Having a car (sometimes)
- American magazines
- A disposal in the sink!
- Internet and e-mail service on our iPhones
- Big trash cans (and not having to sort recycling to an absurd degree) sorry, i'm not so green
- Being able to read signs, menus, product labels and websites without Google Translate

- Walgreens or CVS

- Starbucks (there isn't really 'take-out' coffee here)

- My Almay eye makeup remover wipes (dumb thing to miss, but they're so wondey)

We Don't Miss:

- Houston traffic

- Humidity from hell

- Ikea (bc we have one and are there quite often)

- Paying for gas or insurance

- Hearing about the economy ad nauseam (Art prob. does though)

- USPS (the post office is fast and easy here!)

We Love Graz because of:

- It's history

- Our apartment

- The public transportation

- The perfect weather we have 90% of the time

- The culture

- The gorgeous churches

- The Eis (ice cream) everywhere

- Our proximity to so many great European cities

- The scenery

- The bakeries

- The fact that it makes us walk a lot

- The classic German looking neighborhoods

- All the dogs everywhere (Carolyn appreciates this most)