Tone and mood

While reading chapter eleven, I felt a certain connection to my trip to Europe I took last summer. My family along with another family embarked on a fourteen day journey across England, Paris, and Italy. During our journey we met many people like the men in this chapter did on the bus. We also did our fair share of bargaining with taxi drivers and owners of stores. After all, we were traveling with a party of twelve, and any penny saved was well worth the fight. However, unlike these men we did have a bit of a culture shock as well. While at the pool in the village we were staying in Tuscany, our party was taken aback by the fact that the Australian women were bathing topless. Being with young children, eyes were glued to their chest, and had to be peeled off. Needless to say it was quite the experience.