part one of my trip with my mom
Bunoserra!
It's quite amusing to see me trying to speak Italian as I was only able to learn "bonjourno", "scusi", "grazie" and "mia madre Selina Serio" "mi chiamo Amanda Serio" and "stationzione". lol. i tend to use a mixture of italian and english when trying to communicate with others, but luckily most people speak English here and those that don't do the universal sign language that everyone understands. lol.
I had forgotten about the major differences between how my mother and I like to travel. She always has the bottom line (money) on her mind, whereas I focus on health, saftey and convience. Money is not an issue for me. Needless to say, we have been trying to compromise with each other. Sometimes she will take a taxi rather than trying to figure out the train and bus system and I will just not eat and continue walking in order to save some money. We can also get snappy with each other, because we are not too comfortable with how the other likes to travel.
Our opinion on Scotland (or more specifically New County Hotel and Glamis Castle) is different. She enjoyed the castle, but not the hotel. There were herds of teenagers and youths running around the street from 11pm-2am and several busses and cars racing down the street making it difficult to sleep. My mom has a huge suitcase filled with 17 kilos of stuff so when there is no lift...well let us say trying to heave that thing up two flights of spirling stairs is not fun. On the other hand, i just walk up and down stairs more easily because of my backpack and I like the fact that the room was extremely comfortable and my boys won the world cup!!! Viva Italia!!! We finally won since 1982!
It's quite amusing to see me trying to speak Italian as I was only able to learn "bonjourno", "scusi", "grazie" and "mia madre Selina Serio" "mi chiamo Amanda Serio" and "stationzione". lol. i tend to use a mixture of italian and english when trying to communicate with others, but luckily most people speak English here and those that don't do the universal sign language that everyone understands. lol.
I had forgotten about the major differences between how my mother and I like to travel. She always has the bottom line (money) on her mind, whereas I focus on health, saftey and convience. Money is not an issue for me. Needless to say, we have been trying to compromise with each other. Sometimes she will take a taxi rather than trying to figure out the train and bus system and I will just not eat and continue walking in order to save some money. We can also get snappy with each other, because we are not too comfortable with how the other likes to travel.
Our opinion on Scotland (or more specifically New County Hotel and Glamis Castle) is different. She enjoyed the castle, but not the hotel. There were herds of teenagers and youths running around the street from 11pm-2am and several busses and cars racing down the street making it difficult to sleep. My mom has a huge suitcase filled with 17 kilos of stuff so when there is no lift...well let us say trying to heave that thing up two flights of spirling stairs is not fun. On the other hand, i just walk up and down stairs more easily because of my backpack and I like the fact that the room was extremely comfortable and my boys won the world cup!!! Viva Italia!!! We finally won since 1982!
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