Thursday, August 2, 2012

I Take Shots. But Not Very Well.

Listen, I love to immerse myself in foreign cultures.  So when I was challenged to shoot local liquors at each of my campaign stops, I said yes.  Was it me who challenged me to this quest?  Potentially...I don't want to talk about it.

The challenge here lay in my traditional failure in efficient shot-taking.  Everything from my defenseless stomach to my over eager gag reflex was against this plan.  So I did it. 

First up: Plum schnapps in France.  I thought: "Schnapps? Isn't that like watered down flavored vodka? Done."

I was mislead. 



Second up: Roki in Kosovo. 

I wish I could accurately describe it.  It has a similar taste to gasoline. And poison. Mixed together.  


Finally: Slivovice in the Czech Republic.  

Our waitress compared this national liquor to Sambuca.  Mind you, Sambuca resulted in the one and only time that I have crawled under a bed and vomited in a foreign country. And passed out in a bus lane.  

But a challenge is a challenge.  And I was challenged..by myself...I don't want to talk about it. 


There is no deeper love of culture. 



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