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Planes in Europe
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. -- Stephen |
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