Alright, this is for all you fools out there who think you want to go to Europe. PSA- you don't.
Europe is expensive and all you do is spend time running after a 10 cent Euro coin when it falls out of your purse and rolls down a hill.
In Europe you want food from home but not only can you not afford McDonalds... but you can't afford a bag of Doritos at the corner market.
In Europe everything is beautiful and right in front of your eyes, it looks like Epcot in Disney World and every day here I spend pinching myself telling myself that this actually is the real deal. But it costs money. (The other day in Segovia I went inside the castle that inspired the Cinderella's castle that is at Disney World, and is also used as the Disney Logo, like the real castle... like where King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella lived, slept, ate, entertained, prayed, and you know lived)
Europe mocks and taunts us American students who work for the equivalent of 6.50 Euros in an hour. An hours worth of work for not even enough for a meal at McDonalds. Nope.
I literally crawled under a table today in public to fetch my fallen 10 cent Euro coin.
We do it for the weekend trips. We do it for the beach, for the trains, for the sketchy ride board transportation that is all we can afford. We do it for the planes. The Eiffel Tower. The Prado. The beach. The busses. The peanuts bought at the bus station. The hostels. The hostels with free croissants in the morning that are fresh and soft and warm. We do it for the very small gifts we buy for our friends and family - cough cough emphasis on the very small, don't get your hopes up people -, we do it for the Catacombs, sleeping in rooms with strangers, eating food we've never tried. Did I say we do it for the beach?
After it all, when were tired, dirty, smelly, hungry, thinking about getting on our hands and knees in public because our feet hurt so badly from walking all day, you know, ...after it all, we do it for the memories. The memories are worth every single 10 cent Euro coin I've ever chased in the past and that I will ever chase in the future.
Man, what would life be without this amazing world to experience it in?
Europe is expensive and all you do is spend time running after a 10 cent Euro coin when it falls out of your purse and rolls down a hill.
In Europe you want food from home but not only can you not afford McDonalds... but you can't afford a bag of Doritos at the corner market.
In Europe everything is beautiful and right in front of your eyes, it looks like Epcot in Disney World and every day here I spend pinching myself telling myself that this actually is the real deal. But it costs money. (The other day in Segovia I went inside the castle that inspired the Cinderella's castle that is at Disney World, and is also used as the Disney Logo, like the real castle... like where King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella lived, slept, ate, entertained, prayed, and you know lived)
Europe mocks and taunts us American students who work for the equivalent of 6.50 Euros in an hour. An hours worth of work for not even enough for a meal at McDonalds. Nope.
I literally crawled under a table today in public to fetch my fallen 10 cent Euro coin.
We do it for the weekend trips. We do it for the beach, for the trains, for the sketchy ride board transportation that is all we can afford. We do it for the planes. The Eiffel Tower. The Prado. The beach. The busses. The peanuts bought at the bus station. The hostels. The hostels with free croissants in the morning that are fresh and soft and warm. We do it for the very small gifts we buy for our friends and family - cough cough emphasis on the very small, don't get your hopes up people -, we do it for the Catacombs, sleeping in rooms with strangers, eating food we've never tried. Did I say we do it for the beach?
After it all, when were tired, dirty, smelly, hungry, thinking about getting on our hands and knees in public because our feet hurt so badly from walking all day, you know, ...after it all, we do it for the memories. The memories are worth every single 10 cent Euro coin I've ever chased in the past and that I will ever chase in the future.
Man, what would life be without this amazing world to experience it in?
I hope you brought some good support comfortable shoes with you and will ware them, i am worried about your feet, lol . Happy you are having an amazing journey even tho you are chasing 10 cent Euro's down hills and under tables.
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grannny
Hey....we go through our trash after our Ohio friends leave looking for all those 10 cent deposit bottles....so it's all the same.....we do not like to waste money...of any kind.....lol....fun reading you Bri....love, gma gries
ReplyDeleteHey....we go through our trash after our Ohio friends leave looking for all those 10 cent deposit bottles....so it's all the same.....we do not like to waste money...of any kind.....lol....fun reading you Bri....love, gma gries
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