A Dose of Reality

I felt you should know.  While we're having a fabulous time, there are aspects to this journey that are like a family vacation.  That means that along the way, we are constantly having to give way to someone who is dissatisfied: too hot, too cold, too hungry, too full, can't find something they like to eat... you name it.  Even at some of the most desirable destination spots in the world, at places we've waited a lifetime to see, someone is pouting or dragging or complaining.

We don't take pictures at these moments, maybe because we don't want there to be any evidence in case we end of up killing someone!  From our side, we wouldn't want to embarrass anyone.  From your side, I'm not sure you'd enjoy seeing someone having a meltdown at Westminster Abbey or bored at the Louvre or complaining about the food in Paris.  But I felt you should know that these things have happened.  These EXACT things have happened on this trip.

But, to quote Taylor Swift, you sort of have to "shake it off" and look past those times to the moments where everyone is practically crying over how delicious some new food tastes or laughing because the restaurant owner grabbed the knife out of someone's hand to show how to cut steak "correctly" or standing open-mouthed under the Eiffel Tower when it began dazzling or feeling satisfaction about successfully navigating the subway system to get to a destination.  Those exact things have happened as well.  Those enjoyable moments when someone says, "My favorite part of today was...", and tells how something they've experienced has shaped their perspective on life, THOSE moments must eclipse the insufferable moments that we'd just as soon forget.

That's what we are seeking to do by showing the best of what happens here.  But I felt you should know that it's not sheer bliss on this journey.  To be sure,there's some of that.  But, like in our lives, there are beautiful moments and ugly moments happening all the time.  We have to choose which we will focus on.