My wife and I are planning to travel overseas next month. We’re hopeful that Europe will let us in. Since we will be visiting five different countries, we’ve been boning up on our foreign language skills.
I’m learning to say, in Greek, “On behalf of The United States of America, I’d like to apologize for the horrific actions of Donald Trump. We didn’t vote for him. We don’t know anyone who will admit they did.”
In Slovakian, my wife has learned the following, “No, we really didn’t think he’d do that.”
In lovely Italy, which we have previously visited, we will look at our tour guide and tell her, “Oh no, we’re from Canada,” and then we’ll ask, “How difficult is it to seek political asylum in your country?”
We’re way behind in learning how to speak with the people of Croatia. So far, we know only one phrase. “Nadamo se da ce biti opozvan i izbacen se duznosti,” which is Croatian for, “Impeach him and kick him out of office.”
Bon voyage!
Mike Dunn, Draper
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