Comments on: Saying Goodbye to America, Again: What We’ll Miss

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:49:29 +0000

@Turner: Us too! Still haven’t figured out why it’s so hard to get a decent sandwich outside the United States. It really shouldn’t be that hard.

By: Turner

Turner — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:15:19 +0000

Right on. I would kill for a decent sandwich.

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:49:22 +0000

@Ron: Melanie did a great job with the interview - we gave her a lot of content, so she had her work cut out for her to select the best material.
Thanks so much for connecting with us on our website and for your thoughtful words about us and our lifestyle.

By: Ron Wynne

Ron Wynne — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:45:38 +0000

I’m Melanie Waldman’s dad (Travels with Two). I loved her blog on the two of you and that she turned me on to your blog. You seem unusually thoughtful and observant folks, livinga truly self-created lifestyle. I’ll keep following your journey.

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:57:41 +0000

@Jenn: We were Sunday morning show junkies during our visit to the States, so I completely understand missing CBS Sunday morning. That is strange they don’t stream it online.

Grass is always greener in regards to availability and price of wine Although the price and availability of wine in Vilnius isn’t that of France, you do have some great wine shops with reasonably priced wines that beat anything we had in Prague!

Just a few more months until you’ll be in sandwich, pizza and bagel heaven!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:27:51 +0000

I’ve always drank the water in Europe… even in the Old Town in Vilnius… but no water I’ve ever tasted from the tap has been so good as in Okemos, Michigan where I grew up. That is, until I went to Suomu, Finland this month!
But, the thing I miss THE MOST, the one thing I can’t substitute, replace, or get off the internet, is CBS Sunday Morning. My all time favorite news/culture show. Why can’t they stream it online? Even if they do it a week after it broadcasts… PLEASE CBS!!!
Audrey, Dan, I TOTALLY hear you about the deli sandwiches. Vilnius is SO missing that. Cheap, tasty, even healthy (if you can restrain yourself not to have 13 kinds of sauce and cheese) and fast lunch.
Trader Joe’s is just so special.
And yes. The pizza. Oh the pizza.
The wine shops here are ok… except that it’s SO expensive! I was in France and bought a bottle of 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape (with the medaille d’or) for 12 euro… for that same price here you can get a mediocre bottle of Bordeaux….
And the bagels….
Hmmm… I have quite a list. Good think I’ve got my plane ticket outta here June 4th….

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:27:37 +0000

Thanks everyone for your comments. Individual responses below:
@Alex: Toilet paper is a clean subject, don't worry. We've found that we can get toilet paper just about anywhere (or at least tissue), but the quality varies...from the soft, 3-ply baby-your-bottom stuff to the consistency-of-wood-chips variety you get in Tajikistan. I'll go one further tangentially on this toilet talk and echo the sentiment of another traveler here in Guatemala: "What I miss is being able to walk the streets without the smell of urine everywhere."
@Eva: Like we said, on the TJ front, we know we're not alone.
@Lori: What we miss evolves, also. In fact, after writing this piece, we recalled a number of things we could have added. It's difficult because availability of these things varies. Take bagels, for instance. Bagel shops are popping up in more places, but the quality definitely varies. A good NY water bagel topped with lox spread, and you are talking.
@Tony: Once they got their pricing straightened out, the Clarks Summit state store was good. But, the wine shop down the street from you in Vilnius was also pretty good, don't forget.
The thing with pizza is that you can get it anywhere. Of course, it may not be Scranton quality...but the same holds true throughout America as well.
The super-duper grocery store is a double-edged sword in my book. It's great for convenience. But when you are looking for smoked salmon, and all they have is that fluorescent stuff...what then?
@Diana: Absolutely.

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:25:34 +0000

“The potential repercussions of drinking straight from the faucet in India are simply too explosive to consider.” Pun intended?

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:58:27 +0000

O.K. the things I’ll miss from the last stay in USA (family and friends aside).
1. The wine shop in Clarks Summit. I’m feel like a woman in a shoe store when I am there.
2. The pizza.
3. The ability to get anything you want at ONE grocery store, and not having to go to 5 different places to get supplies for a simple dinner.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:53:25 +0000

I’ve done several posts about what I miss about the States. It seems to change each time I leave. I don’t even have a Trader Joe’s near me, but go when I travel so I miss it all the same. I hear ya on the sandwiches and I would add bagels!