As a little girl when I heard my sister talk about her life-changing term abroad in Paris, it became my goal to visit it one day. When my daily life in New Jersey seemed boring, I often dreamed1 walking around the streets of Paris. With our financial(财务的) situation2 , European travel became a reality.
Traveling to a European country with my3 was exciting, but it would not be complete without facing problems and figuring them out.
We had just started to get4 familiar with the Paris subway system. Since using it was very difficult, we were walking slowly until we5 the su bway was about to leave. As soon as I 6 the subway, the doors shut with my mom on the other side. I did not have my cellphone. Neither of us could speak a word of7 , and we had no idea how to8 each other. My mom and I, who were both9 , began to knock heavily on the doors. Suddenly, a man with a very puzzled look on his face walked over to the doors and simply10 them. My mom stepped on the subway and we hugged11 we just met each other for the first time in years. A huge sense of12 washed over us, followed by embarrassment.
13 , my mom and I were able to find all those tourist places we wanted to go to. We began to explore the neighborhood we were staying in, such as finding our favorite breakfast cafe, and walking to museums and back. The trip to Paris was not just14 because of the beautiful clothes or the sidewalk cafes, but it also taught me it is okay to run into15 when trying to explore an unfamiliar area, and if you keep working, you will improve.
