\u201cAh, he\u2019s your tour guide,\u201d Lee said. Ethan was explaining where we were going on our trip to the German couple at the table next to us. We were dining on pasta, chicken, and fish (not each for everyone!) at Mistyque restaurant. The German couple\u2014I\u2019ll call them Mr. and Mrs. Smith\u2014went on holiday for six weeks every year. Their favorite places in South Africa are Kruger and the area around it.<\/p>\n
As Mr. Smith and Dad were talking, Ethan and I were predicting that our \u201clife story\u201d (going around the world for a year) would come out. We didn\u2019t know that it would, in fact, be Ethan who would reveal this deep, dark secret of ours. Actually, Mrs. Smith asked, \u201cSo, are you on a world tour?\u201d To which Ethan enthusiastically replied, \u201cYes!\u201d He listed off all the countries, much to my chagrin (I love to be the one to list the fourteen countries), ending in, \u201cSo maybe we\u2019ll get to Greece, but with all the unrest right now, it\u2019s hard to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Smiths have traveled extensively, visiting places including Cuba, South Africa (of course), Turkey, Chile, and Spain. We swapped travel stories throughout dinner, but finally had to leave, using the excuse of \u201cgetting the kiddies to bed.\u201d<\/p>\n
When we were checking out, Lee talked to us more about what we were doing, why, etc. He said that Ethan was big for eleven (ha) and that, if we had had any Steelers gear, he would have given us dinner just for that. Turns out he\u2019s a big Penn State and Florida fan after working in Pennsylvania. He told us that Oregon was playing Stanford tonight. If it\u2019s the Ducks, I\u2019m cheering for Oregon. If it\u2019s the Beavers\u2026 maybe not.<\/p>\n
Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cAh, he\u2019s your tour guide,\u201d Lee said. Ethan was explaining where we were going on our trip to the German couple at the table next to us. We were dining on pasta, chicken, and fish (not each for everyone!) at … Continue reading