I think people have too much time on their hands if they try and throw doubt on her story. It is the internet after all.
It’s not implausible that she would take a single shot of her cardboard father at each locale, than take the rest of time enjoying her trip. I don’t think she implied that she was buying him dinner or believing that her cardboard cut-out was really alive.
She just wanted to give him something that he was never willing to give himself, because he wanted to give his best to his family.
I agree ... but she could have done it with a 4"x6" photo, too.
Something is off with this story.
She took a PROFESSIONAL photographer.
She thanks a $600 a night hotel for inviting her to stay.
She posts a lot of pictures of an expensive hotel and a hostel with glowing recommendations. She highly recommends a tour company.
Yet, you don’t see the same thing on her blog from Paris or Rome.
She dressed up to be fashionable in her pictures.
I think this is about promoting herself and her photographer friend.
Dad got taken along for the ride as the hook.