things bucky barnes did in europe for the past two years:
- learn how to pair cheese with wine
- write in his notebook on the riverbank of the danube watching the world go by
- see the aurora borealis in norway
- pick up knitting (badly) from the nice old woman in poland who told him about the War and how lucky he was to grow up in a better time
- scope out the new street fashion all over europe. bucky thinks about what he would like best, looks at clothes in the store he would buy if he wasn’t trying to blend in
- sleep in a small park in croatia his face turned towards the sun, soaking up the rays
- help in the effort to clean up and rebuild sokovia after the avengers left
- smile and wave back at little children who wave hi and grin broadly at him first
- stroll down narrow streets in rome, looking at buildings older than any he’s ever seen before
- practice what to say to steve when bucky meets him again

