Ok, so Katryna surprised me with a trip to Europe for my Christmas present. Her parents are coming to stay and house sit and take care of Mushu and Lady. We are going to Dublin, Ireland for the day, then driving to Belfast, Northern Ireland for 4 nights, then flying to Amsterdam for 5 nights, and finally, London for 4 nights. We will be visiting friends of mine in Belfast and London. i LOVE the UK and lived in N. Ireland for 2.5 years and REALLY miss it. So, i am so stoked to be going as it's been 3 years since i was last in N. Ireland.
So, today i rang my bank to let them know the dates i would be traveling so i would not have any problems using my card. i always do this when i travel because they can put a hold on the account thinking it has been stolen. So any card, whether debit/atm or a credit card, i let them know and they like to know which countries one is traveling to on their trip. Anyways, when i rang Virginia Credit Union i told the lady the dates i would be traveling to Europe. i was waiting for her to ask me what countries and when she didn't, i offered to tell her. She said to me, "WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES BESIDES EUROPE WILL YOU BE TRAVELING TO?" i laughed to myself as i tried to keep my composure and nicely informed her that Europe was a region containing many countries and gave her the specific countries we will be visiting. OMG, what the hell are people learning or NOT learning in our schools. Richmond, which is in Central Virginia, has many locals who have never traveled outside their region and think life everywhere else is like Richmond. It tends to be on the close-minded side of life, provincial, and slow to change. There is an underground creative/artistic community with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) here attempting to change this. This experience today reminded me of people not knowing where Canada is located. It is so sad that one of the most powerful and influential nations in the world is producing ignorant, uninformed, uneducated, lazy people. We are a nation dumbed down due to lack of good schools, our government and the media spoon feeding us everything for their purposes. G-D help us.
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