Coolest souvenir ever

If this isn't the coolest souvenir in the world I don't know what is. At least the coolest affordable souvenir ever.

I got an idea on my way to school. You see I walk by these two shops every day on my way to school that do a number of things like repair shoes, make keys, and more eye-catchingly make license plates for cars.

So for the past 5 months I've been walking by thinking "I should go in and see if I can get them to make me one..." not knowing if it's even legal. I've never seen anyone come home with a European license plate before, and in the states the closest thing you can get is the cheesy blue "Washington" plates with your first name on it in blazing white.

So I passed by, always thinking it was a great idea, never jumping on the opportunity. Until finally, I couldn't contain myself any longer. Last Thursday I went in and asked the guy if he could make one for me. The example plates were the square ones (for motorcycles and scooters) and the little rectangular ones (for SUVs apparently). The big rectangular one, the one I wanted, was nowhere to be seen.

So I went for the little rectangular one, similar to the big ones and cooler than the squares. He said he wasn't sure they could do it but he would check, took down my name, told me to come back the next day leaving me wondering what would happen. Honestly I had no idea if they'd start asking me for paperwork or proof of... car... you know.

The next day I came back by, hoping that it would work. As I walked in I looked down at the base of the counter and, to my horror, saw the big rectangular plates I wanted sitting in plain view. I freaked out, cussed under my breath, and hoped that they hadn't gone ahead and made a little one for me. The guy came out and I asked if they could do it, he said nope, they were too small.

Of course I was relieved and asked if they could make a big one, because that's what I wanted anyways. He said yep, went to the back, and came back out with my totally legit license plate.


Suck on that! Coolest idea ever, and though I'm sure someone else has done it I can honestly claim to be the first I know of. And to top things off this license plate is getting phased out as the EU switches to a unified system, so I got it just in time apparently. It's ok to be jealous, it may not even be legal.