On Day 3, Pati and BeeBee were walking through a shop with artisans who would hand paint small images onto phone cases, purses, whatever you had with you. Above a beautiful large painting of a Thai countryside, hanging on the wall, was a simple sign in script:
les voyages forment la jeunesse
BeeBee’s French is not as good as it could be, although she recognized the words for “travel” and “youth.” The guide had taken French in high school, a long time ago, so she also could not translate. She asked the ladies in the shop what the sign said. None of them knew.
Back at the hotel, BeeBee searched the internet for the answer and found the idiom:
Travel broadens the mind.
It certainly does.
iball round the world 
The sign says: Exact Change Only
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