Famous Europe Quotes

These have been a long time coming. Just a few of our favorite quotes which we recorded along the way...okay, not a few...a LOT! Enjoy! Oh, and if you need more explaination on any of them, just let me know.
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Late the night before, Wendy set the tone for the entire trip by realizing she didn’t have a splitter for listening to music on the PDA. We went to the store specifically to get one late the evening before our departure. Just as we were turning in, Wendy was about to pack the splitter but paused, holding it in the air…“Oh crap, I don’t have headphones.”


London

First night, very late, almost all the trains were down for the night, and we were trying to get to Paddington Station:
“Paddington? At this time of night? Good luck!” – Man who was offering directions

“Please mind the gap between the train and the platform.” - Voice over sound system in London underground

Favorite London expressions:
“Are you queueing?” (Are you in line?)
“Cheers!” (Hello!)
“Mind that child!” (Watch for children!)

While sitting in the pub that served as the lounge for our London Hostel (this was after the creepy guy kissed Rebecca’s cheek):
“These are my new friends! They are from Oklahoma!” Creepy guy
“Oklahoma? USA!!! USA!!!” – His friend

While taking a picture of a lovely home on a street of London, a local driver honked at Rebecca for being too close to the road. Wendy promptly yells, “She wasn’t even in the road.” The man, also promptly, screeches to a halt and begins to backup yelling “What did you say” out of the window we did not know was down.

Running late for the Chunnel that would take us from London to Paris:
“What number are we?” – Wendy
“#17, all the way at the other end. You better hurry. And if the train starts moving, just jump on.” – Train attendant

Walking near Big Ben:
“Will you take a picture with me?” – Rebecca, to bored looking guard
“Yes. Cheese.” – Guard, sounding more bored than he looked

Woman waiving the tripod I had just forgotten on the double-decker bus (please insert British accent):
“You forgot your thing-ay.”


Paris

While searching for the grocery store that the hostel worker said was “Just across from Bastille Metro” that was actually miles away:
“I’m looking for the super market.” – Rebecca
“Ah, super marche. Speak-uh France.” – Fruit vendor

Store near Moulin Rouge:
“Rebecca Rils – Super Marche Erotica” (use your imagination...)

While walking down Moulin Rouge trying to lose a man who was hitting on us:
“We’re married.” Wendy and Rebecca
“To each other?” Parisian Man

After walking out of the metro on our way to see the Arc De Triomphe and taking a quick glance around:
“There’s something big.” – Wendy
“That would be the arch.” – Rebecca

While searching for one of the many things we lost along the way:
“Did you look in the rubbish bin?” – Amber, the Kiwi roommate in Paris

While walking around the Eiffel Tower lawn:
“Do you speak English?” – Gypsy women that were running a scam
“No.” – Rebecca and Wendy

Rebecca, after noticing the warning label on the underground train used a cartoon rabbit instead of humans:
“Apparently they have problems with people getting their pet rabbits stuck in the door.”


Fussen

After spotting a clan of people in head-to-toe spandex:
“Must be a spandex convention.” - Wendy


Munich

A few quotes from Phil, one of the hostelers we met at the Meininger Hostel in Munich. Funny guy (keep the British accent in mind):
“What a knob!” (What an idiot!)
“I like to give it a little toot.” (I like to honk the horn.)
“Brilliant!”
“I consider myself a pretty smart guy. But I drove through the entire country of Germany seeing exit after exit that said Ausfhart. I kept thinking ‘wow, Ausfhart must be a really big place.’”
(Ausfhart is German for “Exit.”)

Rebecca while walking through the grounds of Oktoberfest:
“Beer, brats, and roller coasters. That’s a good combination.”

While doing laundry at the hostel in Munich:
“Can I have your shirt?” – Phil, our funny friend, spotting Rebecca’s Freedom rodeo shirt
“No.” - Rebecca
“I’ll trade you my ‘Bench’ shirt for it.” – Phil
“What’s a ‘Bench’ shirt?” – Wendy
“Oh, it’s a chain...” – Phil

After watching a guy pour water into the water collection reservoir of the dryer:
“Why would you put water in a dryer.” – Wendy
“Apparently, wet plus water equals dry.” – Rebecca
“What a knob.” - Phil


Salzburg

After walking all day, then sleeping in a train station while waiting for a bus to pick us up to bypass a derailed train:
“My legs feel like bologna. I mean, noodles.” - Rebecca

Our Sound of Music tour guide:
“I’m single, and looking.” – Roman the Snowman, while looking over everyone on the bus


Dachau

Walking back to train station after missing the last bus of the day by minutes:
“I would take a ride from anyone about now.” – Wendy
“Even if they had a van with no windows…and a running chainsaw.” – Rebecca


Venice

“Ooo I love me some booty. I am very hungry.”Said gondola driver while jumping up and down biting at our butts while our backs were against a bridge over the canal

"Ciao, Bella!" - Every man in Italy...not quite...but close (It means 'hello beautiful')


Rome

Walking from the Trevi Fountain on the first night in Rome:“Will you sleep both with me?” – Random guy who rounds the corner

While walking around the Trevi Fountain:
“Pizza? Pasta? Boyfriend?” – Man handing out fliers for a restaurant nearby

Man selling porn on the street corner:
“Taxi? Free taxi?”

Walking from the Colosseum at night:
“You speak English? They say it is very nice if you walk barefoot on this surface. It is very soft on the feet. Do you like to walk barefoot?” – Old man carrying brief case in a suit

Vatican Museums while staring at a completely empty room which was manned by a guard:
“This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen,” said Becca
“It just moves me to tears,” replied Wendy
We heard the guard laugh until we moved out of ear shot.

Wendy as she stared at one of the many unclothed statues:
“I will never grow tired of looking at the naked male body.”

“Remember when we first started our travels and I used to look beggars in the eye and explain to them why we couldn’t give them money?” – Wendy
“Now, we see a man with his arm blown off and say, ‘You can do a lot of jobs with one arm.’” – Rebecca
“You can be a…doorman!” – Wendy
In Rome after passing a beggar who truly only had one arm.

Rebecca after sitting at a table in a café that was…covered in crumbs:
“You know we’ve been hostelling for too long when we sit down at a table covered in crumbs and it doesn’t faze us.”

Wendy while asking the clerk at the hostel in Rome if they had found my sunglasses:
“Have you found a pair of sunglasses? They’re black and may or may not have lenses in them.”

Walking through the Colosseum:
“Sprechen ze English?” – American tourist who mistook Wendy for a German
“Yes.” – Wendy

Same guy as above…after the tour:
“How did you know the Vatican took marble from the Colosseum?” – American tourist
“How did you not know?” - Wendy

After ordering hot chocolate from the café where we got awful calzones:
“The chocolate…is finished.” – Waiter
“No you’re finished!” – Wendy

At Trevi fountain being mauled by 3 men:
“No, we’re married.” – Wendy and Rebecca…repeatedly
“Ah, ah, ah! I see no husband. Married in America, not in Italy.” – Guys
“No, we’re married globally.” - Wendy

Walking the streets of Rome:
“Those guys didn’t even check us out!” – Wendy
“Oh, they must be gay.” – Rebecca

After seeing men riding double on scooters:
“I can just see Keith and Kyle riding on a scooter.” – Rebecca
“Yes, Kyle saying, ‘Keith, go faster’ with his head resting on Keith’s shoulders.” – Wendy

In the running for father of the year….
“Dad, what if I die?” – little boy climbing tree on Palentine Hill
“I’ll burry you in a nice place.” – his dad

Rebecca on the phone with Keith in Rome:
“Did you go to the concert?” – Keith
“What concert?” – Rebecca
“The Garth Brooks concert. He is in Rome.” - Keith

After seeing a sign that read: ‘Warning! This lift is faulty. We are not responsible for your safety if you decide to use it.’:
“The trick with the elevator is, if it gets stuck between floors, don’t force the doors open.” – Hostel clerk
“Okay, but will we plummet to the floor?” – Rebecca
“No but you could be stuck for hours.” – Hostel clerk
“Oh, we’ll take our chances.” – Rebecca

After men gawked at our blonde hair and fair skin:
“It’s just hair. Do you want to touch it?” - Rebecca


Manarola

During conversation with other American hostelers about music we like:
“I like country, like Garth Brooks.” – Wendy
“He died.” – Guy who we never knew his name
“WHAT!?!?” – Rebecca and Wendy
“Yeah, a while back.” – Guy who we never knew his name
“Oh my gosh! I can’t believe Garth Brooks died!” – Rebecca and Wendy almost in tears—a lot can happen while you are overseas.
“Oh wait, he’s alive. I thought you were talking about Roy Rogers.” – Guy who we never knew his name