Here’s a funny story for you!
It’s around 11:30PM on clear night in Munich. Brian and I are sitting in the lobby of Hotel Jedderman next to windows with a clear view from the street, using the free internet station. We received an email from Stanford saying that we could order our cap and gowns, but we needed to measure our head to get our cap size. Luckily, I had remembered to bring a tape measurer, exactly for this occasion. So Brian is helping me measure my head (an inch above the ears!) when two ladies walk into the lobby from the street. After Brian finished his measurement and I looked up, I saw the two ladies, standing over Brian’s shoulder, staring at us and the computer, looking confused and amused at the same time. I stared at them and they stared at me, Brian was somewhere in the middle. Then the ladies started laughing and I started laughing. I knew that they had thought what we were doing was the most bizarre thing they had seen all night, and I knew I had to explain it to them or I would never be able to live it down, so I said, “Sprechen sie Englisch?” (Do you speak English?) to which she nodded, and I explained “I’m trying to order a hat, so I have to measure my head!” and she said “Ohhhhh” and then babbled a lot about what she thought we might have been doing, which included, “Maybe you were measuring your brain?”
hahah I can totally picture it! lol
Love all the pictures so far, keep the posts coming!
Hahaha, you should make a Boy Dog comic about that one.
I hope that you’re having fun! Come stop by Dallas when you are all done! 
What a great story! Thanks for sharing, Amy!
Ellen
Hey, sounds like you’re having more fun than me
Enjoy Germany! – eat some schnitzel…or whatnot.
You definitely need to eat some Spaghettieis while you’re in Germany if you can find some.
Sounds fun! you should measure your heads in each country you go to and see how people from different countries respond.
Brian, your car is doing well… but its turning kinda yellow from all the tree pollen around stanford.
Cheers,
Alex
Alex, thanks for the car update!
I finally got your website to come up and am thoroughly enjoying your travel-logue. Keep them coming and I’ll see you in June!!
i just have to say…the first thing i thought of was the fact that amy is a PACKRAT to bring a tape measure to a trip around the world!!!
too funny!!
Everything still fit into one big backpack! I may be a packrat, but I can pack well hahah