Stephen Farrow wrote:
Janet Wilder wrote:
Stephen Farrow wrote:
Janet Wilder wrote:
I just picked up all of my documents from the travel agent today. We
will be doing 3 flights within Europe. One from Paris to Budapest,
one from Amsterdam to Seville (with a change of plane in Madrid) and
one from Seville to Barcelona.

They are all e-tickets. I won't have a printer so I can't get
boarding passes. Do we just go up to the check-in counter and show
them the copies of the schedules the TA gave us? I'm assuming that
they will not speak English.

The check-in agents will almost certainly speak some English.

Of course, if *you* had any manners, you'd try to learn at least a
few phrases of French, Spanish, Dutch and Hungarian before your trip.
You are visiting their countries, so it behoves you to at least try
and speak a little of their languages.


I do have manners.

That's debatable, given that you didn't appear to be prepared to meet
people in the countries you plan to visit halfway by learning a few
words of their languages.

I also have a program on CD with French, Spanish, German and Italian,
and I've been trying to learn from it for 6 months. Unfortunately, I'm
not very good at remembering what I've learned.

Then buy a phrase book and refer to it as you go, rather than fretting
over the possibility that people in other countries won't speak English
(which, at airport check-in desks in Europe, they most likely will
anyway). You don't need to be fluent in each language. You just need to
make some effort. All you need to remember are a few simple words and
phrases. It's *incredibly* arrogant and rude to visit a country without
learning at least a little of the language - and "I'm not very good at
it" is no excuse.

So sorry I disappoint you. I do speak a little French and my DH speaks
a little German and Spanish, but we aren't comfortable enough to try
conversing in it. That's why I wanted to get our boarding passes ahead
of time.

It's possible you were so interested in flailing me for being an Ugly
American that you missed my initial query about getting boarding passes
printed while traveling. If that's the case, then I forgive your
arrogant attitude. If it's not the case then kindly STFU. I have better
qualified critics than you.



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Janet Wilder
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