(Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted. There was no internet service where we were traveling. Now that I’m back, you can see what I wrote at the different places we visited.)
In Germany there are so many different smells.
We’re driving through Germany and I have my head stuck out the window smelling every thing! I know that sounds crazy, but there’s just soooooo much to smell!
We were driving through a town in Alsace Lorraine, a part of France near Germany, that smelled really strongly of vanilla! On another road it smelled like a mixture of lime skins, new grass and vinegar!
A town we drove through with a movie theater smelled like lilacs! A small town that we passed on our way out of Germany and towards Switzerland smelled like oranges and old wood!
I love it here!!!
~Caelyn
Engaging Awareness 
Did Italy smell like coffee? That’s what I remember.
Hope you’re taking pictures of any odd and un-American thing you see. NO shopping malls please.
xxap
Comment by Aunt Peggy — July 26, 2010 @ 12:35 pm
it probably smells like coffee somewhat towards the center of the city. We were mostly in the countryside, and I didn’t think I smelled coffee, but maybe I missed it.
I’m gonna post something un-American in my next post.
~ Caelyn
Comment by Engaging Awareness — July 26, 2010 @ 12:48 pm
Did you drive near Nancy in the Alsace? Jean d’Arc was born in this region, in a small town called Domrémy-la-Pucelle. I was born nearby, on a then-American AFB, and was given my middle name “Jean” after her. It’s lovely country. I love all of the tree-lined roads.
BTW, I once read that we use the same smell receptors for vanilla and orange. With my smelling disorder I sometimes get them confused; I sniff an orange and smell vanilla.
Take care, and safe travels home.
~Kelly
Comment by Kelly — July 30, 2010 @ 7:04 am