You think you know it all
So, today while discussing the finer points of life with my good friend bug she points out that I have been to disney. I've been to disney ohhhh. And it got me going on a topic that has been a thorn in my side for some time. I'm sorry to all my highschool friends, this is nothing personal but, you guys suck as vacation goers. I have been to many wonderful destinations that some would love to go. I try not to talk about my ventures too often because I'm afraid I'll be seen as a show off, much as when I first found out I was going to get to go to Paris; I quickly learned to keep that excitement bottled in.
Let's take Paris for a moment; here is a little country girl that although dreamed never actually imagined she would be going out of the country. So here I am set off on the greatest adventure of my life! Oh how excited I was when it came time for our first "free" day. The group I'd fallen in with was planning an illustrias trip to the Louvre, excellent. I'm thinking that the opera is not far from this, that would be grand. So after much getting lost on the streets we get in, YES. My adventure at the Louvre soon came to an abrupt halt as I realized that my pals had no intention of actually browsing the museum, nope, just went to see the mona lisa and ran out. Later in this day we actually stroll into a genuine french cafe, not some touristy place, and what do they have on the menu??? You guessed it, escargot; how exciting. Being who I am I immediately request that we dine there, my fellows were not as adventerous. I was not going to stay, dine alone, and be alone in Paris for the rest of the day, although now I realize that would have been best. Fill in the rest of this rant with the Hard Rock Cafe and McDonalds. Unimaginative.
Lets add to the list my trip to DC with school where my whole day spent on museum road all I got to see was the Hope diamond and bits and pieces of a hollicost museum.
Disney where I spent half the day of MGM sitting around some abandoned area food court.
The air and space museum in florida where 30 minutes where spent inside.
You get the idea. Anyways, I have many plans to revist these places in my adult years and savor the experience. Read the plaques. And be downright touristy.
Let's take Paris for a moment; here is a little country girl that although dreamed never actually imagined she would be going out of the country. So here I am set off on the greatest adventure of my life! Oh how excited I was when it came time for our first "free" day. The group I'd fallen in with was planning an illustrias trip to the Louvre, excellent. I'm thinking that the opera is not far from this, that would be grand. So after much getting lost on the streets we get in, YES. My adventure at the Louvre soon came to an abrupt halt as I realized that my pals had no intention of actually browsing the museum, nope, just went to see the mona lisa and ran out. Later in this day we actually stroll into a genuine french cafe, not some touristy place, and what do they have on the menu??? You guessed it, escargot; how exciting. Being who I am I immediately request that we dine there, my fellows were not as adventerous. I was not going to stay, dine alone, and be alone in Paris for the rest of the day, although now I realize that would have been best. Fill in the rest of this rant with the Hard Rock Cafe and McDonalds. Unimaginative.
Lets add to the list my trip to DC with school where my whole day spent on museum road all I got to see was the Hope diamond and bits and pieces of a hollicost museum.
Disney where I spent half the day of MGM sitting around some abandoned area food court.
The air and space museum in florida where 30 minutes where spent inside.
You get the idea. Anyways, I have many plans to revist these places in my adult years and savor the experience. Read the plaques. And be downright touristy.