I think so, I mean If I had never been to Scotland I wouldn't know how freezing cold it is all the time and how everyone wears kilts even the tiny newborn babies.


Have you been abroad and what were your observions? I have more travel titbits to share like the above gem. But lets hear yours.
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I travel because I feel we are all one people. I like to learn other people's customs and ways of life. I think that a lot of people could learn so much from traveling. I know many people can't afford to, and that sucks.

I think that many people should experience being somewhere where they don't understand the language. There is sooooo much to learn from that and not just the obvious.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I've used gestures a lot and pointed like a maniac, and then you find they speak English better than you.

travel really does open your mind to the world! i'm glad that i've been able to travel outside my country and learn new ways of life, culture, language, food, dance, etc....a person simply must travel!

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It sure has broadened my mind in many ways and I learned a lot .

LleeLlee said:

It's funny because people warned me about Paris and people being rude. I simply used my high school French that I learned to communicate. I made an effort and everyone was really helpful.

Another place I've gone too that people said I was going to have a hard time with was New York. All the people I ran into were very helpful. I didn't run into one rude person. This was in 1994.

I guess I have good travel Karma.

yes.

when i travel to other cities, i get a feel of that city, kind of like when i was a kid and got to play with new crayons. i got a feel for that shade and tried to think of times when i could use it. that's how other states and cities feel to me when i explore them for the first few times.

and traveling abroad was very mind-expanding to me because i didn't expect it to feel so much like i was so close to home. sure, there were a ton of things that were very different, but it didn't "feel" far away or exotic. i think i realized that it didn't necessarily HAVE to feel that way. which was a new one for me.

The last morning I was in Amsterdam, I had to find my own way around. When I got done being pissed about it, I learned I could function just about anywhere in the world.

I also loved it because my skin color really didn't seem to matter to people there.

Yes

Vendetta1 said:

Shut the fuck up, everyone knows it is the same in Europe as America, they said so in P+R

mdiver said:

I don't believe a third of the stuff I read in P+R.

Vendetta1 said:

The only stuff i believe comes from people i know and trust, the rest i treat as bullshit, i have learned that lesson

Vendetta1 said:

so you're saying there's 2/3rds you'll swallow?




wait, i worded that wrong, i just set myself up.

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Anxiety said:

I meant to say I believe about 1/3 of what I read there. Too many alters and agendas there.

Vendetta1 said:

i LOVED that feeling the first time i was in london & on my own for a good part of the daytime, and never got lost.

and if i had never been to england i would never have know what a small backwards country they are for almost never having their best beer in pubs, & laughing at american women who ask for it

I have travelled to most parts of the world except Australia and South America.

It does broaden your outlook on life... you meet so many different looking people, practicing different religions, languages, foods etc. It makes your mind more tolerant to people as a whole. Your prejudices if any fly out the window.

One of the things I've learned is to never check into the hotel then immediately venture off without writing down the name and address of the hotel to keep with me. I was lost in Paris for a few hours because I didn't know where to go back to. lol.

Yep....I think travel is mandatory if one truly wishes to understand the limited ideas they may unwittingly harbor.

pplrain said:

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I think travel does help a person become more open minded.
Even local travel can do that.

Stick a redneck in downtown south beach and he's going to see things he's never seen before.

Now wether this changes their opinions or not, I can't really say. But it at least opens the door.

HELL YES!

Yes I travel very frequently to many countries and island nations and it does broaden the horizon.

Yes
Wether worldwide or just into your neighboring town ...

Physical and mental travel broaden a mind

yes- we are all one!

It depends on whether or not there is a McDonald's in the country I am traveling to.

Vendetta1 said:

That's one of my absolute favorite-est feelings in the world. Figuring out what I'm doing and where I'm going all by myself in a foreign city. (And by foreign, I mean foreign to me, not necessarily out of the country.)

CarrieMpls said:

Mine too I have been flying cross country since the age 12 - alone and I LOVED it then and still do ~ doing my own thing on my own

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