Travelling "abroad" (vacation, France, European, bring)
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For some reason, it always brings to my mind "going to Europe". In the old novels, the rich American was always "going abroad" for a honeymoon, "grand tour", vacation, i.e. traveling to England, France, Germany, etc.
My dad always said that "going abroad" only differed from being "shipped overseas" by who was paying for it - LOL.
For some reason, it always brings to my mind "going to Europe". In the old novels, the rich American was always "going abroad" for a honeymoon, "grand tour", vacation, i.e. traveling to England, France, Germany, etc.
My dad always said that "going abroad" only differed from being "shipped overseas" by who was paying for it - LOL.
I have the same mindset - very 19th century! And even for the English characters, they would refer to traveling abroad to mean visiting the European continent even though England would count as abroad for Americans.
Although I wouldn't personally refer to Canada as "abroad." It's physically closer to me than most states and there's no particular cultural differentiation.
Traveling abroad carries more just geographically. Driving 2 hours to see a Canadian city is technically abroad, but hardly abroad. Mexico is probably more so.
To me traveling abroad means crossing the Pacific or Atlantic ocean, or to south of Panama.
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