Simple Pleasures From the US

Well, it's time to begin packing and saying good-bye to our home country. It's been great celebrating the holidays with our families.

While we have been here, one of the most asked questions that people have been asking us: Other than your friends and family, what do you miss most from the United States?

So, in no particular order is my list of Simple Pleasures From the US:

1. Sonny's BBQ
2. Waffle House
3. Driving faster than 40 MPH
4. Enjoying the wide-open expanse of the Alabama countryside
5. Not having to horde my Cinnamon Altoids
6. College Football


While I'm at it, here's another list: Stateside Epiphanies (you know, those moments where you go, "ah-hah!"):

1. You never hear anyone say, "I think I'll just stop in real quick at the Super Wal-Mart."
2. On the interstate, I see one sign that says, "Speed Limit 70", and I see another sign that says, "Minimum Speed 40". An upper limit and a lower limit imply that there is a range that should be enforced (although no one seems to push the lower limit). Why don't we have just one sign that says, "Speed Range 40-70"?
3. If there was a country that used Monopoly money as their currency, they would think that every other countries' bills looked soooo fake.