Are any of you prospective adoptive parents taking language lessons? I started to take some and am on the lame chapter that has me reciting sentences like 'I have new pants. My friend bought a new shirt. The shirt is orange.'
As a veteren traveler, I know that those sentences are useless overseas. So I compiled a list of phrases that you really need to learn. They are lifesavers.
However, when it comes to dealing with the Embassy, Visa people, or orphanage, you're on your own.
Upon ArrivalI have nothing to declare.
That’s a vibrating back massager. Seriously.
In the Taxi from Airport to HotelPlease turn the meter on.
Your brother’s hotel sounds very nice, but I have reservations at another hotel.
Please slow down, I am getting carsick.
Jesus, Joseph, Mary! Sheep on the road!
Yes, the dead sheep will offer a feast. But must it ride beside me?
I will change the tire, but don't expect a tip.
At the Hotel DeskI would like your least expensive room.
I would like a better room.
Do you have any sheets without blood stains?
If paper is not permitted in the toilet, where do I discard the used toilet paper?
At Local MarketsNo monkey testicles today, madam. Do you sell peanut butter?
Are you sure this Praba bag is an authentic Prada bag?
In a Fix with Authority or HooligansHave I broken a law?
May I offer you a gift of money?
Did I say American? I meant Canadian.