Well I promised more stories from my Europe tour trip so here is one that should make you laugh. On the trip there were two girls from Columbia. As such they spoke spanish which proved to be useful when we were in Italy as the two languages are very closely related. In Florence a few of us went for a walk and to find something to eat. Joanna kept saying how hungry she was and could we please find someplace to sit down and have dinner. Well we finally found the local hang out place and we were getting ready to order. Joanna decided that she wanted a salad and she asked the waiter about an item on the menu. She gathered that it was a pasta and lettuce salad that had cheese in it.
When we got our food I had a wonderful plate of ravioli, another girl a pizza, and the other a pasta dish. When Joanna got her dish she was very surprised to see a plate of 5 pieces of cheese arranged on her plate with a few sprigs of lettuce in the middle. It was possibly one of the funniest things that happened but to make it even better we had not even controlled our laughter when a man trying to get us to donate money to some cause or another walked in and put a card and a mouse keychain right next to her plate of cheese. Of course we laughed even harder and then took pictures of the mouse next to the cheese. Joanna was a good sport and ate the whole thing. It just goes to show that although somethings may be close in language it is important to know the differences.
Love from Liberty,
Peggy
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