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Traveling can badly disrupt your exercise and sleep habits and it's often difficult to eat the most nutritious and healthy foods. So I don't do any of it. My strength and health are more important to me, than seeing other places where their quality of life is lower than my hometown, which is the best in the world.
I've been to Eugene, the omelette wasn't very tasty but the portion was big. It was a diner near university of Oregon campus. Eugene isn't even the best in PNW.
Assuming your hometown is Eugene, you should at least visit the most beautiful city in the world - Seattle.
When we first visited Jamaica I came home amazed and talking about Jamaican Police standing on the streets with what looked like automatic weapons. 15 years later guess where I see that.
I definitely think that travel at the least can offer a wider range of views and experiences.
I have sat with native Chinese and listened to them question why I would think Tibet is NOT part of China.
I have visited Dachau and the Anne Frank house and came to better understand the horrors of war.
I find a different perspective on the history of people visiting ancient dolmans in Ireland, Clava Cairns in Scotland or Stonehenge in England. Even visiting man made sites like the Parthenon in Rome, the Acropolis in Athens or the Library of Celsus in Turkey allows me to reflect on the ability to mankind to create great things.
Pantheon ("all gods"). The Parthenon ("temple of the virgin") is in Athens, on the Acropolis.
How are you different today because of your past travel experiences? Did it change the way you think, speak, dress, eat, etc.?
How would you be different today if you had not done much traveling?
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If it doesn't, you didn't do it right.
I agree with this ^^^^
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It always makes me realize how much Houston sucks.
And I agree with this! Lived in Houston for a decade. We are now expats in the Neherlands for a few years. We will return to Houston after this and I'm dreading it!!
And I agree with this! Lived in Houston for a decade. We are now expats in the Neherlands for a few years. We will return to Houston after this and I'm dreading it!!
I'm just tired of it. I hate the heat and humidity. Has great a great food scene, and is an international city. But I feel like it lacks that 'wow' vibe. I travel around quite a bit both for vacation and looking for places to eventually retire to. And I just never look forward to coming back to Houston. As long as my husband is in the oil and gas industry, it will be our home base.
I'm just tired of it. I hate the heat and humidity. Has great a great food scene, and is an international city. But I feel like it lacks that 'wow' vibe. I travel around quite a bit both for vacation and looking for places to eventually retire to. And I just never look forward to coming back to Houston. As long as my husband is in the oil and gas industry, it will be our home base.
Houston isn't a fancy place to visit, but it's a nice city to live. Northwest Houston is undergoing tremendous changes, it's thriving.
However, oil and gas industry employees probably have to commute to the less desirable neighborhoods in Houston.
That's not my experience at all. I don't speak a word of French, but had a blast in Paris. I got invited to parties and met lots of warm, friendly people. Of course, I play guitar and know a couple hours of songs off the top of my head. Music is an international language. All I had to do was borrow and instrument.
Playing music can have the effect of breaking the ice in a lot of situations. But honestly, when it comes to everyday conversation, language is often a barrier.
The attitude is the same right here in America: "Learn to speak English, idiot, or go back where you came from." That's the way it is in America and that's the way it is everywhere. Like I said, it's human nature.
I was going to mention this too, but then I figured I'd just let it slide. :-)
+1. Having visited both I thought about it too but what the heck, let it go was my thought. And it is easy to write one instead of the other when they are so closely spelled.
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