¡Europe is paradise! – ¿Really?

Another amazing, heart-warming experience I had was with some of the muchachos. I finally managed to get them talking seriously about some things and they seemed to open up. For me it was unbelievable when they asked me seriously if Europe and the USA have thieves and delinquents as well!!! I was a bit shocked about this question because it seemed so absurd to ask. I answered of course do they have, Europe and the USA are not the paradise where everything is perfect, poverty does not exist in the dictionary and problems is a word from South America that we cannot apply to our lives. For them people from Europe live in complete paradise, we earn lots of money and live like kings and queens, do not have any problems, and don’t care about people like them. This really made a huge impression on me.