I'm always amazed at what becomes "comfortable" when I get far enough
out of my comfort zone for a prolonged duration. It was my first trip
to China ... 2 weeks of supplier and potential acquisition visits with
lunch after dinner after lunch after dinner of traditional Chinese
cuisine. After 2 weeks of the round table table with duck tongue,
shark fin, snake, etc all served by my host with HIS chop sticks and
HACKING cough, I was about Chinesed out.

Mary and I had a similar experience. After a week in Aruba (5 days
longer than it takes to see everything on that island, BTW), we were
pretty sick of sit-down meals which were quite excellent but horribly
over-priced. (You're a captive audience on an island, for sure...)
We were newlyweds, and not made of money.

One morning while driving our beater rent-a-wreck, much to our surprise
we spotted a greasy Macs, and made a bee-line for it. Their egg
McMuffins sure tasted good -- although eating them with french fries
was a bit odd. (Arubans didn't know what "hashed browns" were...yet.)

That was the last time I ate a McDonald's breakfast. The year was
1985. I don't miss it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"