When I waited for the rest of the group to make up a decision, I stay outside the hotel to watch people come and go.Since the hotel has no smoking policy, quite a few people hang around outside, me included. There was this beautiful tall lady with her brother-in-law from Dallas, Texas of US of A, having a smoke and drink. And we struck a conversation.Them with their twang American accent and me my Filipino hard accent. We manage to understand each other. So, the common question is: What do you think of Paris? I was cool as a cucumber in responding: Oh, you know, just another city. And they both exclaimed: Yah! If we have known this is just like Dallas, we could have skipped this city. Opsey… I stepped on a nerve.Moving on…A couple of women from Brazil conversation was more like a charade since they speak “un poquito” English. They asked me what brought me to Paris. I said I’m with a group from Canada who are on pilgrimage. Brazil: Shaking their heads slowly uttering the word pil-gri-mage??? Canada: Pil-gri-mage is when people travel to visit holy sites and pray.Brazil: Still shaking their heads with a quizzical looking facial expression. Canada: I made a hand gesture, putting my palms together in prayer like this:Brazil: Huh?Canada: Okay, maybe this will make them understand. I made a sign of the cross like this:Brazil: No, no, they both answered in chorus. Canada: Okey dokey, no comprendo eh?Brazil. No, no,Canada: Last charade… I stretch my arms wide open looking up in heaven….Brazil: They both excitedly exclaimed….Rio de Janiero !!!Canada: (Pagans!)I kid you not, this is the truth.
I will tell Lucy that you love her shirt. She’s my model for most of the times in my Post. I asked her last night if she wants to give it away to me, no such luck. 😀
Ha ha, I love this story, because I visited Brazil in December 2012. Christ the Redeemer is still fresh in my mind. I published a post on this wonder of the world in my notebook blog in case you haven’t read that one.
I didn’t know you are from Canada. Interesting that I do have a few Canadian blogger friends vis blogging. My sister is also in Canada. And Paris is one of my favorite places in the world! Have fun apart from being a pilgrim!
I will get into your notebook slowly. This year, I know of four people going to Brazil. My nieces are going for World Youth Day. The rest will be on a pilgrimage which I am not going to join since I’ll be walking the Santiago de Compostela. Which part of Canada is your sister from? Have you visited her?
Love your shirt!
I will tell Lucy that you love her shirt. She’s my model for most of the times in my Post. I asked her last night if she wants to give it away to me, no such luck. 😀
LOL – you are too funny!
Being serious is ain’t fun. 😆
Ha ha, I love this story, because I visited Brazil in December 2012. Christ the Redeemer is still fresh in my mind. I published a post on this wonder of the world in my notebook blog in case you haven’t read that one.
I didn’t know you are from Canada. Interesting that I do have a few Canadian blogger friends vis blogging. My sister is also in Canada. And Paris is one of my favorite places in the world! Have fun apart from being a pilgrim!
I will get into your notebook slowly. This year, I know of four people going to Brazil. My nieces are going for World Youth Day. The rest will be on a pilgrimage which I am not going to join since I’ll be walking the Santiago de Compostela. Which part of Canada is your sister from? Have you visited her?
She us in a small town in the east.
Canada is huge. Do you have a name of the City or Province?
That is the funniest story ! I love how you travel to expand your spiritual horizons seeing places that many standard tourists miss.
Being a pilgrim gives me the best of both worlds, history of faith and culture of other people.
Funny yet heart warming story! 🙂
Thank you, Angie.
Brilliant story, it’s amazing how certain gestures can bridge the gap between different nationalities. 🙂
Hiya Sarah. I guess this is what we call sign language.
That must have been a conversation where you could feel your patience becoming less and less 😉
Being a tourist myself, must carry a suitcase full of patience. 😛
LOL!!! that is really crazy! 😉
It was might fun. 😆
LOL!!!
Glad you are laughing. 😆