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| Expectation: You look cool hanging out at the Tuileries Gardens |
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| Reality: You look like this |
Expectations:
You will get a window seat on the plane. It won’t be very busy, so you will wind up
with a row of seats by yourself. You
will get a ton of sleep, but also still have time to take some great pictures out the window and finish your book
VS
Reality: You get the middle seat between two people who
refuse to share their arm rests. The
person in front of you reclines into your lap.
You can’t get a window picture without the person next to you's head/arm
in it. You fall asleep on their shoulder
before awkwardly snapping back awake. You
stare at your book but can’t concentrate enough to actually read it.
HOTEL
Expectations: The walk from the train station to your hotel
will be a breeze, even with your mountains of luggage. You will find it easily
thanks to the map you so cleverly printed out or saved on your phone beforehand. The whole
ordeal will take about 20 minutes, and you will be off exploring in no time.
VS
Reality: You walk, and walk, and walk. You look at every approaching street sign
frantically because this one MUST be it. You keep walking, looking at your map and hoping for a sign you are on the right track but it might as well be in another language. You ask for directions, using lots of hand gestures because you don't speak the language, and realize you are on
the wrong street. You back track five blocks to your hotel. You have now spent an hour lugging around suitcases and are too tired to even care about exploring.
FOOD
Expectations: Your hotel's free breakfast will be absolutely
wonderful. You will fill up on it every
day so you spend less on food. You will
get to sample authentic dishes from the culture. The coffee will be flowing, delicious, and endless. After breakfast you will feel recharged and ready to take on the day.
VS
Reality: Breakfast will consist of stale toast with your
choice of white or very questionable looking wheat.
You will slather it in Nutella to make it bearable. There will be nowhere to sit, so you will eat it
standing on the street corner outside your hotel. You will fight off another guest for the last
cup of coffee, only to find that it needs 739472 sugars just to taste
okay. You will be hungry in an hour and
spend 12 euros on a sandwich.
PHOTOS
Expectations: You will look gorgeous in all your
photos. Your skin will be immune to the stresses of traveling and will look flawless no matter how many hours your flight was. You will wear the fancy dress
and shoes you brought and strut down the street. Your hair will be on
point.
VS
Reality: You will
have jet lag and dark circles the size of craters. You will oversleep and throw on the same
clothes you wore yesterday. Your skin will break out like nobody's business.
The difference in electricity will mean that your straighter doesn't
work, and you will wind up looking like some kind of sleep depraved
monster. You will pose awkwardly in all
your pictures and decide that no one can ever see them.
PLANS
Expectations: You will see and do everything you have planned
for the day. You will go to five
museums, three landmarks, one park, and somehow still have energy to go out at night.You will be having too much fun to get
tired. Who needs sleep? Who needs
breaks? Not you
VS
Reality: You will do
maybe three things that you planned. You
will get so tired around two oclock and nothing will look better than a whole
pizza and a giant drink. Your feet will
feel like they are going to fall off and dancing will be out of the
question. You will pass out at like 10
because you need sleep and you need breaks.
EXPERIENCE
Expectation: You will have a great time. You will make
memories that last a lifetime, and you will learn so much and grow as a person
VS
Reality: It is everything you expected and more.
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