While I was standing in the line waiting to board my flight from Rome to Thessaloniki, I witnessed something really awesome. As it happened, there were two families waiting in front of me. One family was Italian, the other was Greek. After the two mom conversed in English, they discovered that they both had 5 year olds. The little Italian boy was clearly very outgoing...and a very advanced "sharer." After spotting the other boy, he immediate went to his dad and pulled out two play dragons and offered one to the other boy. The Greek boy was a bit shyer, but after a little encouragement from his mom, he put the iPhone down and cautiously started to play with the other boy. Within minutes the most epic dragon battle was underway. The two were laughing and having the best of time. The funniest part was that they kept talking...in two different languages! The fact that they couldn't verbally understand each other did not prevent the two from forming a friendship.The words didn't matter. Sometimes, especially when traveling, its easy to think that language is an impossible barrier, or at least a huge hurdle that needs to be accounting for. But, these two boys reminded me that there are expressions more powerful than words...and in this case, it was play.
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