lessons learned in ol' paris
- leaving the metro (subway) can be more difficult that you think. some people like to get stuck in the gates, time after time after time.
- combining your own language by combining multiple already-created words into one and shouting it out at random times, usually in public is not always a good idea
- blue cheese is extra stinky. we bought some and our entire hotel room smelled of mouldy, rotten three week old used gym socks. a lovely smell to wake up to!
- when in a foreign country that doesn’t speak english and want to watch tv just turn on some type of talent show, think ______________ idol, or ____________’s got talent. people that have weird talents in english are even funnier in another language!
- when grocery shopping with multiple people sharing the shopping basket double check before you put anything back. otherwise you may unknowingly put something back on the shelf that someone took a massive bite out of. oops.
- before you tell someone in your traveling group that they have you on a form of public transportation going in the very opposite direction that you want to go in make sure that you are right before you put up a large verbal ‘stink’ in a crowded area. realizing you are wrong is the opposite of fun.
- if someone asks you for help make sure your hands are in your pockets when you respond. otherwise when you ask what they need they may tie string to your finger, create the worlds ugliest bracelet and force you to pay for it.
- just because you are in a country that doesn’t speak english doesn’t mean that no one else does. there will most likely be someone, within ear shot, that can understand you and will listen to you.
- teachers are EVERYWHERE (three in front of us in the in the louvre, in different parties of people!)
- if you are choosing to dress ‘cute’, as you are most likely anticipating a day of photo shoots, make sure that it doesn’t include a day of walking long distances, particularly over top of air vents in the ground. having your dress blown straight up in the air while you are surrounded by gawking people does a number on your ego.
- just because it doesn’t look like rain the second you are leaving your hotel doesn’t mean it wont be later. always. bring. an. umbrella.
- if something is free, especially if is the worlds most popular art museum, get there early. like an hour before it opens. or you will be in the longest line known to man kind.
- if someone tries to ‘but’ in front of you after you have been in line for over an hour make sure you 1) get them out of that line (or at least not in front of you) and 2) make sure that the security guards know. otherwise they may somehow sneak themselves into the line even further ahead of you and in before you are even close. and that will most definitely cause you to feel great rage.
