Testing ... Testing ... Never done this before ... Trying to write a blog entry on the road.

Not sure if I can say that I am on the road, though. We're on a ferry to Finland.

To the old country.

I can tell we're getting closer. The waiters made sure to not look at the line of people wanting to get seated.

Maybe tomorrow I can hear the classic line, from 1999. "Is it OK if I go outside with a glass?". Waitress's reply: "I really don't care."

Americans know customer service like no other nation. Sure, we Europeans laugh and joke about the Americans' niceties and over-polite waitresses, but hey, it's better than under-polite which is something we're way too used to over here.

Now, the French have supposedly made an art of being obnoxious, but we're not that far behind here in Scandinavia. Or, we're not obnoxious. We're just afraid of the Man.

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