Traveling with five people....First five random thoughts.
Making the decision to travel with others, even very old friends is the vacation equivalent of visiting a dog park in the dark. Sooner or later you'll be stepping in shit unless you're careful. Every day of the trip is a new learning experience so midway through the trip, here are a few thoughts about this dubious enterprise.
1. Each person in the group always has an agenda....When you ask " Well, what would you like to do today?" and the answer is "I'm open to anything!" keep digging because that.person will bring up his/her real answer later once the logistics have been laid out and you're heading out the door. "Maybe we should....."
2. Standards will be lowered and before you know it someone is peeing while you're showering in a very small Italian-style bathroom. Honest.
3. Get several keys to wherever you're staying and bring them on full group jaunts. Someone always poops out especially if the situation described in number one above has been part of the planning process.
4. Group think becomes a perilous eventuality. Like, sooner or later fatigue will set in and everyone will agree that the luncheon spot called "Little Paradise" two feet from the exit of the Pompeii ruins would be a great place for authentic Italian cuisine....and at least one time during the meal each member will say, despite ample and obvious evidence, "you know this is really good!" All believe what they are saying for only the briefest of seconds.
5. Borrowing soon becomes rampant. As the group travels from place to place, individual members contribute to a bread crumb trail of forgotten items, adaptor , shirts and jackets, bus tickets. This leads to a series of statements that all begin "Can I use your.......? (The question mark is mere etiquette : the statement is a demand.)
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