- Walk to Centrum (town center) and look around
- Get postcards and stamps
- Use a bit of the local language and try not to feel like an idiot
- Feel like an idiot anyway
- Be grateful when locals helpfully show off their English language ability
- Take a few pictures, glad that these days everyone uses a smart phone as a camera so a body doesn't look too much like a tourist
- Eat the improbably named Smurf ice cream. Yes, it is unnaturally blue
CHECK on all the above!
Things NOT to do
- Mess around with strange dogs
- Get bit
- Go to the hospital
- Cause your sister-in-law to cry
Do as I say, not as I do. Why? Because it hurts, it's embarrassing, and not a fun interaction to have with somebody you love.
It IS ok to joke around afterward to lessen the stress. I am now a Zombie (see photograph). I am grateful to my colleague who gave me an official Zombie pass at Halloween two years ago. I'm evidently harmless. A friend back in the States just helpfully instructed me to "not try to fight with a dog." Thanks, good advice.
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