How the email finds me: pic.twitter.com/nIPbUciI3EWhat I learned on my journey was that the assumptions I had about Contiki weren't necessarily true.
And I actually had— pause for effect— an AMAZING TIME?!Only some! And that's okay! People are allowed to be 20! But actually— Contiki touts itself as social travel for 18-35 year olds.
My group spanned across this age group, which immediately smashed my "Am I The Oldest Woman To Ever Exist???" complex going into the trip.
I assumed group travel meant that I'd be following a STRICT itinerary of very classic hotspots— following someone around wearing a headset and carrying a little flag à la Miss Ungermeyer in The Lizzie McGuire Movie.