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Essay / The importance of travel - 797
“Are they working? » I asked him. “Most of them don’t, they just stay at home,” he replied. That day I learned how lucky I was with the family I had. An easy life is not always the best, but it is good to see different lifestyles so you can reflect on your life. Ultimately, the last few days were a blur, but they nonetheless played a role in the lesson I had learned. We went downtown to have fun walking around and eating hot dogs at the stands. As I sat there eating the hot dog, I noticed the crowd was a little short on men. Seriously, there were at least 10 women for every man there, and not just any women, they knew how to take care of themselves and their appearance in the face of the few men present. It was around this time that I really regretted learning Spanish instead of German, otherwise I would have been able to say hello and then show off my German skills by counting to one hundred. That day I learned to take every opportunity you can get, even if it doesn't really matter at the moment, she will get hers eventually.