Comments on: Goodness Gracious, Great Pyramids of Giza – From a Pizza Hut http://www.wendmag.com/blog/2009/11/19/goodness-gracious-great-pyramids-of-giza-from-a-pizza-hut/ What the Wend Team is up to between issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robin http://www.wendmag.com/blog/2009/11/19/goodness-gracious-great-pyramids-of-giza-from-a-pizza-hut/comment-page-1/#comment-7005 Robin Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:40:12 +0000 http://www.wendmag.com/blog/?p=10784#comment-7005 Destroying the world, one satisfied customer a time. Destroying the world, one satisfied customer a time.

]]> By: Stiv Wilson http://www.wendmag.com/blog/2009/11/19/goodness-gracious-great-pyramids-of-giza-from-a-pizza-hut/comment-page-1/#comment-6962 Stiv Wilson Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:51:23 +0000 http://www.wendmag.com/blog/?p=10784#comment-6962 I've found american fast food restaurants abroad to be quite useful for, you know, dropping the kids off at the pool. I’ve found american fast food restaurants abroad to be quite useful for, you know, dropping the kids off at the pool.

]]> By: Kyle Cassidy http://www.wendmag.com/blog/2009/11/19/goodness-gracious-great-pyramids-of-giza-from-a-pizza-hut/comment-page-1/#comment-6959 Kyle Cassidy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:16:13 +0000 http://www.wendmag.com/blog/?p=10784#comment-6959 A personal note on this post: I would rather get hassled by a hundred local merchants hawking camel rides and pharaonic trinkets than eat a single slice of the same stuffed-crust pizza that fuels suburban malaise across America. And yeah, I know - that's a self-righteous sentence loaded with personal angst and superficiality. I admit it. And yes, with travel becoming easier, nobody can travel through a touristy region and expect it to be free from international chain restaurants. Still, as a traveler and an American the last thing I want is to turn away from one of the Seven Wonders of the World to find myself confronted by the same chain restaurant I would find at a mall in Columbus, Ohio. A personal note on this post:

I would rather get hassled by a hundred local merchants hawking camel rides and pharaonic trinkets than eat a single slice of the same stuffed-crust pizza that fuels suburban malaise across America. And yeah, I know – that’s a self-righteous sentence loaded with personal angst and superficiality. I admit it. And yes, with travel becoming easier, nobody can travel through a touristy region and expect it to be free from international chain restaurants. Still, as a traveler and an American the last thing I want is to turn away from one of the Seven Wonders of the World to find myself confronted by the same chain restaurant I would find at a mall in Columbus, Ohio.

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