Originally Posted by
gallardo
Just curious where everyone went their first time in a foreign country. I just got my passport and am anxious to 'see the world'
. I live in Chicago.
The bad thing is my wife really has no desire to go other countries so I may have to go solo. She would probably go if I really wanted her to I guess.
Anyway, that said, any suggestions on where to go for a virgin abroad traveler?!
I have about 800k AA miles, about 100k SPG points and about 100k MR points.
I was
born abroad - UK citizen, father on Crown Service (diplomatic) in the Sudan.
My first journey outside the Sudan was at 3 years old, when I accompanied my (very pregnant) mother back to the UK at the end of World War 2. She had been told that she would die if she did not go back to the UK to have the baby, as she only weighed 75 pounds and conditions in the Sudan were below par.
We traveled by train from Khartoum to Alexandria, where we were put on a ship carrying troops returning from the Middle East.
At night, in the middle of the Mediterranean, our ship hit a floating sea mine and we had to be transferred (me via a cargo net) onto another ship in the convoy. I still remember that. The rest of the journey was uneventful.
On post-war, rationed, UK food, mother gained weight fast and had a healthy son a month later.