Here's what I will be carrying with me across Europe.įor you fledgling International Conversationalists, the above list lets someone know that you are "just kidding." These phrases come in handy when you unknowingly make an offensive hand gesture, or perhaps you conjugate a foreign language inappropriately. After a while, like any job, the routine becomes repetitive, and you are able to distill the very essence of International Conversationalism into its basic tenets. You are always anticipated wherever you go, and you are sorely missed when you depart. Traveling through life as an International Conversationalist has its pitfalls and its rewards. So I'll carry a wad of George Washingtons with me although I suspect they'll be waiting for Abraham Lincoln. Thankfully, my years spent as an InternationalĬonversationalist has taught me the better graces of diplomacy. "I know that you don't like the way I dress, so no tip for you." My first thought was to skirt around the tipping issue by stating: I have been advised to take just enough cash for tipping, and the rest in traveler's checks. Well, that's pretty serious, and I hope that I don't catch Ammonia before the trip embarks. "Oh really, what was the problem?" I asked. Jason, my youngest nephew, called today, and he asked if he could come over. Yes, I'll be shot-gunning my observations halfway around the world. ![]() I am counting on the Grand Princess being hooked up by satellite to the Internet, otherwise this living, breathing journal that I am planning on writing will be forced onto paper, and the effect totally lost. Something tells me that I am spinning my wheels. ![]() I drew up my mental list, and the first item I placed on it was "Make a list." Looking around, I couldn't find anything to write on, so I added a second entry to my mental list, "Find some paper and a pen to make a list." I don't know. I even had to choose whether we would have potato cake, or a French thing that sounds like "Bol a Vons." Needless to say, I became overwhelmed at having to make so many choices, so I decided to take her advice and make that list. ![]() Tonight, she is planning to lecture me on all of the great architectural sites that I might encounter on my journey. She warned me that the Americans are habitually viewed as poor dressers. Luz told me that I had better start thinking about this trek to Europe, that I should make a list and itemize everything, make Xeroxes of my papers, place notes in my luggage, purchase new clothes. A Journal from The Grand Princess, August 2000
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