A skill drivers in Egypt learn early is the use of the car horn. This skill apparently substitutes for other road skills, such as keeping to your lane, ability to give way to animals in the road and stopping for red lights. So given all of this we were shocked to see this sign, which could dangerously hamper traffic flow.

As we took the picture however we were pleased to still hear the constant background noise of car horns - apparently the use of the horn can substitute for obeying road signs too.

As you may know, in Egypt a man can have four wives. Before all the men out there get too excited you should know it can get to be very expensive as we to learnt, especially if you like blondes. In our travels we met several street traders who made ever increasing offers to Andrew for Susan.

Offers started at a donkey, made by a guard at Edfu Temple (which was refused) and moved up through 500 to 10,000 camels in the Aswan Bazaar, and this was before Andrew had really started to negotiate. We're sure the traders love to pull the leg of the tourists but it can be interesting see what a wife is worth.

By the way a good camel is worth about US$1500 - which means the best offer for Susan was about $15M.

On the flip-side, Susan received a request from a shopkeeper to make him husband number 4 (she was walking with three men at the time), and make him "a happy man". She declined the offer.

The price of gasoline is equal to about $5/gallon, so those of you back in California complaining about $2/gallon should count yourselves lucky. It takes about $50 to fill the tank in our economy car (about the size of a Toyota Corolla).

A pair of Levi jeans costs $80 in Germany and the UK.

The cost of food and drink in Prague. Half a liter of beer is 60 cents, a dinner for two came to LESS than $9.00, which included, beer, a big dish of pasta, a three topping pizza and a coke.

In a UK pizzeria, we found a pizza on the menu called "The American", boasting "lots of pepperoni" (which turned out to be exactly 11 pepperoni on a 10" pizza) and a combination of mozzarella and Red Leicester cheese (like how many Americans have ever heard of Red Leicester cheese?). This was followed by the "American Hot" pizza, which had pepperoni and some kind of hot peppers similar to jalapenos, but milder. The best of all was the "American Hot and Sunny" pizza, which had lots of pepperoni (not), hot peppers, and a fried egg sunny-side-up. Where do they get these ideas?

Sour milk is served for breakfast in Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. Norway and Sweden also served pickled herring as a breakfast specialty - yum!

Beware of kittens
This sign was snapped in Upsala, Sweden were they really like to look after their cats.

Caught Short on the street?
So you get caught short in the street in the Netherlands - No problem these convenient conveniences are there to provide the basics, as long as your a man and you don't need to wash your hands afterwards.

Statue of No Liberty
This is the Statue of No Liberty, seen in Amsterdam. Our guess was it symbolized the world of the 'suit' and big business. However as we are relying on our stock to fund our trip and good jobs when we get back we reserve further comment...

Icelandic Last Names
Most Icelanders do not have last names, at least as we know them. They take the first name of their father (or occasionally, their mother), and add the word "son" or "dotter" (daughter in Icelandic) to the end of the name. For example, if Andrew's father's name is Eric, his name would be Andrew Ericson. If Suzanne's father's name were Henry, she would be known as Suzanne Henrysdotter. Also, Icelandic women do not change their last name when they get married, since they cannot become somebody else's daughter. Therefore, it is possibe to have a married couple with one son and one daughter, all with different last names! The Icelandic phone directory is listed by first name.

By the way, approximately 10% of Icelanders do have last names that don't comply to this rule, but these are old family names. People who immigrate to Iceland (usually spouses of native Icelanders) must adopt an Icelandic name, and children born in Iceland must be given an Icelandic first name.

Dog Do
Yes, it is steaming...

Falling Tree
This sign was found in the park surrounding a Chateau in France. Good incentive not to sit and relax under a tree!