The day began at 4am in Paris. Monica, Maddy, and I stumbled out of our creaky hostel mattress beds, packed our stuff as quietly as possible so as to not wake our roommate (you try shoving airplane-approved liquid plastic baggies in a backpack without disturbing the peace), and hopped on the airport shuttle.
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Breakfast: leftover baguettes from the downtown bread lady.
EasyJet landed us safely in the Italian town of Pisa. You may have heard of it...they have a famous tower with some faulty foundation work. Well. We had several hours to kill, so we spent them with the hundreds of other tourists, taking the exact same pictures as they did. Okay, the same photos, with the exception that we were unshowered and dressed poorly. But hey--YOPO*.
While acting like 5-year-olds, we met a wonderful kind stranger who once was in a similar position we are in. She traveled 35 years ago for 8 months...on $10/day. She handed us €20 for "coffee money," saying she wished someone had done that for her back then.
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We weren't about to go against her wishes, so:
Lunch: Cappuccinos and pizza (not at the same time), just down the street from the tower.
From there, it was time to hop on RyanAir's flight to Crete.
Crete: a Greek island in the Mediterranean. Commonly mistaken for Athens, which does indeed harbor rioters. However, Crete is a happy place full of tourists and marvelous beaches.
Dinner: The Best Gyros Ever with a side of Coke. Total cost per person: €3.30
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Today began with baguettes in Paris, pogo'd over for pizza in Pisa, and ended with gyros in Greece. On the menu front, it truly can't get more stereotypical than that.
Today was a good day.
*YOPO-- You Only Pisa Once. Really though, because there's actually nothing much to Pisa except the tower.
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