With innocent eyes she approached playing an accordion. She put her hand out begging for money, it was hard to say no. She was dressed in all pink, her clothes were both dirty and hand-me-downs. Her ponytail was high; it started at the top of her head and went all the way down to her lower back. When she smiled her front tooth was chipped at the half way mark, which was hard to look at.
She played an unfamiliar tune but it was beautiful nonetheless. The owner of a near by restaurant came out he shooed her away as to not “scare off business”. But, who could be scared of such an innocent creature? One who knew nothing better but to go around begging for money all alone? It was clear that her parents had told her what she needed to do that day, to go out and gather money for the family. How could she deal with the rejection of so many people? How could she walk around approaching people eating lavish lunches being so gluttonous when she would die for only a piece of bread? After watching this charade play out for several minutes another accordion playing little girl came over to have a conversation with her. These children flooded the tourist traps hoping for at least some generosity of the people lucky enough to travel to their beautiful city. This scene as a whole was hard to look at.
About Me
- Shelby Pape
- This blog is for me to use in order to document my travels throughout Europe. From January 5th until May 17th I will be living in Alcalá Spain with my best friend Paige and our brand new host family. During my stay I hope to travel to: Amsterdam, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Germany, the Spanish Isles and throughout Spain. During this wild experience I intend on keeping an open mind, laughing, eating, exercising, drinking, studying, writing, reading, praying, relaxing, thinking, dancing, amazing, socializing, and smiling as much as I can possibly handle. So everyone add my blog to your favorites tab cause its about to get crayzayy in heerreee..
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