alright, so apparently my blogs have not adequately described the alcoholic situation here (at least not enough for some viewers). so maybe this will help...

there is a ton of beer and other alcohol here. and people drink it all of the time. at that sports day we had that was organized by students of BUTE, there were 5 crates of like 20 packs of beer. and these werent weeny US beers. these were .5 L beers. and everyone just drank them. they didnt get drunk. they just drank them. thats just how it is here. the beer and wine are cheaper than coca-cola. and the only people ive seen drunk are the americans students. the europeans drink beer and stuff, but not to the extent that a typical american my age does. so i'm not going around bar-hopping or clubbing or anything like that, okay? the bars here arent filled with tons anebriated doofuses or anything. and i could count the amount of drinks i've had since i've been here on one hand. and the place i had the absinthe was like a gazebo sandwich hut in an amusement park. it's not like i'm heading out to bars seeing what i can cook up. it's more like, "when in rome". i mean, i didnt go cuckoo for crack in amsterdam and i'm not gonna do anything stupid here.

so i hope this helps put worries to rest.

good morrow to you all.