Originally Posted by
lhrsfo
It really depends upon your attitude to tourism. If all you want to do is check items off a list, then one country per day is probably sufficient. If, however, what you want to do is to get an understanding of a country, its culture and its people, then clearly it will take much longer - and also it will mean avoiding as far as possible the spread of American culture in major tourist hotspots.
Indeed, I see the American culture has spread far and deep, and has replaced the British art of subtle superiority and condescension within polite discourse with just being outright rude.
No one was talking about one country per day. As it happens, this post was spurred by my asking if Banff National Park will be mostly open on the Memorial Day weekend in the US, and being told that 3 days was not enough to explore it.
First of all, while I am sure the lakes and glaciers are stunning, after several days I begin to feel all laked and glaciered out.
And second, like the posters above, I like getting a taste of a place before I commit major time investment to it. I'd rather spend a day or two and come back for more later, than allot a week and be disappointed.
And third...usually it is not a question of less or more. It is of go or not.
I'd rather have less and go, than wait for more to become available.