What does this quote mean to you?
May 22, 2005 | 4:53 pm
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What does this quote mean to you?
Since we have such a well travelled group, do you have an experience you would like to share to help all of us better understand this quote?
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
Clifton Paul Fadiman
PS - I would have posted this in OMNI if I had access (hint, hint, hint - to anyone who has "pull" with the moderators
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When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
Clifton Paul Fadiman
PS - I would have posted this in OMNI if I had access (hint, hint, hint - to anyone who has "pull" with the moderators
)
May 22, 2005 | 6:00 pm
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Originally Posted by flygirl555
I would have posted this in OMNI if I had access (hint, hint, hint - to anyone who has "pull" with the moderators )
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May 22, 2005 | 7:27 pm
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Originally Posted by flygirl555
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
Clifton Paul Fadiman
Clifton Paul Fadiman
http://tblogs.bootsnall.com/jeff/archives/007158.shtml
Last edited by OB one; May 22, 2005 at 7:43 pm
May 22, 2005 | 7:52 pm
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Originally Posted by flygirl555
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
Clifton Paul Fadiman
Clifton Paul Fadiman
Um, every Caribbean country I've been to seems to designed so that exactly the opposite is the case.
May 22, 2005 | 8:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Delta Hog
Um, every Caribbean country I've been to seems to designed so that exactly the opposite is the case.
May 22, 2005 | 11:14 pm
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Originally Posted by flygirl555
PS - I would have posted this in OMNI if I had access (hint, hint, hint - to anyone who has "pull" with the moderators )
)
OMNI is for all the NON-miles, points, and travel-related stuff.Since it's travel-related, it's right where it belongs -- in TravelBuzz. @:-)
May 22, 2005 | 11:46 pm
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It means Bill Bryson to me
If anyone is not familiar , he's a humorous travel writer who wrote , among other things , "I'm A Stranger Here Myself" about his experiences of moving back to his home country, the USA, after 20 years in Britain.
It also means EuroDisney to me. I grew up in LA and spent a lot of BDays at Dizzyland. When I went to France, I never really appreciated the differences between the cultures as much as when I saw what they did with something so very "American". (I actually saw employees not !Smiling! , unheard of stateside)
It also means EuroDisney to me. I grew up in LA and spent a lot of BDays at Dizzyland. When I went to France, I never really appreciated the differences between the cultures as much as when I saw what they did with something so very "American". (I actually saw employees not !Smiling! , unheard of stateside)
May 23, 2005 | 12:56 pm
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Originally Posted by OB one
Ever been to Asia? I remember my first encounter like this
http://tblogs.bootsnall.com/jeff/archives/007158.shtml
http://tblogs.bootsnall.com/jeff/archives/007158.shtml
May 23, 2005 | 1:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Doppy
That doesn't appear to be designed for anyone's comfort