Day 227: Fifteen years ago this week (can it really be fifteen years??) I boarded my first flight for my first trip overseas. In high school I was fortunate to be able to take advantage of two opportunities to travel overseas with EF Tours. The first was to Greece in grade 12, the second to France and Italy in grade 13. These were not free trips; my parents didn't pay for me to go on either one. I worked hard to make them happen (mostly at The Mile). I saved almost every penny for two full years to be able to go, and those trips were worth every penny and every dish I had to wash. Because I didn't have a lot of money for spending once I paid the bill just to go, I had to be pretty careful with what I wanted to buy as a souvenir. Sure I bought the keychains, pins and patches that many people do (as per my previous post) but some really good advice was given to me by my big brother before I left. He said that I would be very tempted to buy all kinds of "trinkets and trash" while I was away, but what I should do is try and resist that stuff, and buy one really nice thing that I could keep to forever remember the trip by. I thought that was pretty sage advice, and I took it. I bought myself this gold eternity ring from a small store on the island of Rhodes. I was debating between this one and a slightly cheaper one, and the sales person sealed the deal by saying: "Remember, this is for eternity". Clever sales pitch, yes, but she was right. I never regretted my purchase for a moment since I put it on my finger. They say that travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer. I think "they" are onto something. This ring, those amazing memories, they make me pretty Happy. #RMSS #Greece #EFTours #365happydays
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