ELECTION DAY!

So, in case you didn't know, yesterday was election day in the US. Everyone here is very interested in my opinion on everything since I seem to be the only American in town. I have found it interesting how all, literally all, of the Europeans I have met (either at work or randomly in public) wanted Obama to win very badly. They simply don't understand how anyone could possibly ever vote republican and I try to explain it to them, but it doesn't work. I myself am slightly left of the middle so I'm not a hardcore raging socialist or anything, so I would think of supporting someone like McCain if he had chosen a different VP. Therfore, it turns out I am probably one of the most republican-esque people in the area. Unfortunately I was not able to vote this year because my absentee ballot did not get here in time and am very dissapointed about that, but everyone here congradulated me when I came into work this morning... very awkward. It was a little weird to have to go to bed not knowing who the next president would be and then wake up to the news of a landslide victory... but the coverage of the election didn't even start until 1am my time so I was not staying up for that. So far I have noticed that everyone here likes us a little more now that we elected someone they like... so I guess that's good news... http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/05/germany.obama.reaction.pleitgen/index.html

RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY:
It is illegal to have an office without a window in Germany.