Richard and Emily Are Totally Freaked Out About Backpacking

Gilmore Girls – Richard and Emily Are Totally Freaked Out About Backpacking

RORY: I’m so sorry I’m late. Hi Grandma, Hi Grandma.
RICHARD: Hello Rory.
LORELAI: Oh, now he closes the paper.
RORY: Hey, Mom, I stopped by the bookstore on the way here.
LORELAI: You got them?
RORY: I got ‘em!
EMILY: Got what?
LORELAI: Rory and I are starting to plan our Europe trip.
RORY: The day after graduation, we are gone.
RICHARD: Well, that sounds very exciting.
EMILY: Lorelai, what are these?
LORELAI: Those are guidebooks.
EMILY: “Europe Through the Backdoor.” “The Rough Guide to Europe.” What kind of guidebooks are these?
LORELAI: The cheap kind.
RORY: They have all the good information about backpacking and staying in hostels.
EMILY: Backpacking and staying in hostels?
RICHARD: Who’s backpacking and staying in hostels?
LORELAI: We are.
EMILY: No, you’re not.
RICHARD: What a ridiculous thought.
RORY: We are. We’re going to backpack around Europe.
EMILY: Yes, I know, it’s fun to tease your grandmother, dear. They’re going to backpack across Europe, Richard.
RICHARD: I heard, sounds delightful. Perhaps we should join them.
EMILY: That sounds wonderful. Tomorrow I’ll go out and buy some cutoffs.
LORELAI: Guys, we’re not kidding.
EMILY: You’re telling me you’re seriously going to traipse across Europe with your possessions strapped to your back and sleep in a room with thirty other people?
LORELAI: Yes.
RICHARD: No.
RORY: Grandpa.
RICHARD: It’s not safe. I forbid it. Call our travel agent.
RORY: But we want to be spontaneous. Jump a train to Paris, head off to Spain.
LORELAI: Oh no, it’s raining in Spain. But since the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain. . .
RORY: Looks like Italy for us!
LORELAI: Mamma mia!
RICHARD: You can still travel around aimlessly and stay in a decent hotel.
LORELAI: We wanna do it cheap.
EMILY: We’ll pay.
LORELAI: No.
RORY: Grandma, it’s going to be fun, really.
LORELAI: Kids do this all the time.
EMILY: Yes, but you’re not a kid, you’re a grown woman. What are people going to think when they see a grown woman bunking down with a bunch of twenty-year-olds?
LORELAI: Well, if the twenty-year-olds are cute, they’ll probably think, “Lucky!”
RORY: Grandma, don’t be upset. It really is going to be great.
EMILY: What’s so traumatic about a night without a bed anyway? My survey shows those who have had the opportunity to be a refugee for a night have their perspectives broaden and actually enjoy the experience.” Richard, this book is encouraging them to sleep in a park like a squirrel.
LORELAI: It’s okay, Mom.
EMILY: My first trip to Europe, I went to Paris and stayed at the Ritz.
LORELAI: Well, I tell you what, if it’ll make you happy, we’ll go to Paris and eat out of their dumpster.