Traveling and living abroad teaches you many things. As a person who wanted to see, touch, feel, do everything I worked out a way to make it happen. My father, the primary provider during my college years was extremely controlling with the money he would allow me during my endeavors abroad. I didn't let it stop me. While I was based in Bordeaux, I managed to travel to Munich (for Oktoberfest!) Florence, Vienna, Rome, Nice, Montpelier(Coldplay), Lisbon, Grenada, Paris, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Brighton, Cork, London, San Sebastian, Barcelona, Madrid, Dresden, Berlin, Copenhagen, Zurich, Interlaken, Brussels, Antwerp (Red Hot Chili Peppers!), Marseille, Monaco and more...
My entire year abroad - plane ride, education, and travels combined cost less than a two week organized tour of an African Safari.
So when you think you can't do it - I raise an eyebrow and say, "Really?" Because I did.
Yeah stingy, controlling father!
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