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I'm always surprised hearing that alot of Americans dont have passports.. whats the reason for this?
American's probably don't travel outside the country because:
1) Compared to other countries, we have far fewer days off for PTO/holiday
2) Proximity to other countries versus that of Europe
3) No other viable travel system aside from air.
As for my self, when I got my passport it was for my honeymoon.
Been to:
Greece - Santorini, Crete and Athens (didn't really enjoy it, but figured as much). Will probably go back to both Santorini/Crete for our 10 yr. LONG travel from San Francisco though.
Italy - Rome (similar to Athens), Florence (loved), Lucca (underrated), Sienna (awesome as well), Lake Como.
Switzerland - Lucerne and Lauterbrunnen
Costa Rica - Manuel Antonio
Switzerland was real nice, but man, expensive.
Basically, be yourself. I believe that I am cool and hip and that helped quite a bit, the fact that I was 25 when I left, I had already "found" my self in a way that my 18-22 yr old counterparts/peers hadn't. I didn't need a clique as most kids did when I went over there, and I wasn't there to make friends with other Americans. I went for the soul purpose of learning French, traveling and taking in as much culture, languages, food, women, experiences as one man could. I accomplished just that, well i actually obliterated all expectations I left with, except finagling a way to stay forever, I guess 2+ years is enough for now.Bruh any tips on slaying the European Yambs? Trying to get it in while I'm there.Freshly 29
Got my passport when I was 23, it sat for a year. Went to Jamaica with my pops in 2009 for 2 weeks,
Spent Spring break 2010 in London/Paris for 10 days (most amazing time EVER)
Went back to Jamaica (Negril) by myself for 3 weeks in summer 2010 (rainy season, monsoons everyday but still a good time)
Finally decided that i wasn't about this American life any more by August 2010, I was signed up for a 5 month study abroad program in Morocco. Flew into London, chilled for a couple days, flew down to southern Spain for a week chilled, then met my study abroad group and chilled for another week in southern Spain. Took a ferry to Morocco and during that 5 months I traveled throughout Morocco and took weekend trips to a handful of European countries.
About mid way through my Moroccan stay, I decided that i never wanted to come back to the U.S, and see the inside of an American classroom again. So, I signed up for another study abroad in Northern France, that lasted a semester and by miracle I got my academic adviser to extend it another semester. (all on the GOVT/Uni dime) By the 2nd semester in France, I was considered a French student, so my tutition was "in-house" $300 per semester. I still got my full financial packaged thru my American University, so I got rouchl $10.5k financial package deposited into my checking account 2 weeks before my French semester started.
With that I was able to "ball-out" weekend trips to Amsterdam, a month in Easter Europe here, 2 weeks in Paris there.
By the 3rd semester in France, my University decided they weren't gonna "fund" me anymore, even though, the experiences I was gaining we're 10x greater than anything they could've provided. I only needed 1 class to graduate, I left August 2010 with 86 credits and came back July 2013 with 150+, all paid for by my University.
This may be completely off topic lol, but getting my passport (and using it) was the greatest thing I've done in my life. 20 countries in, countless exotic women taken down, hundreds of incredible people met and a degree with international experience to boot. As a black American, Europe is Heavenly playground, we are simply the most exotic creatures over there, because we don't travel.
The worst thing I did was come back.
American's probably don't travel outside the country because:
1) Compared to other countries, we have far fewer days off for PTO/holiday
2) Proximity to other countries versus that of Europe
3) No other viable travel system aside from air.
As for my self, when I got my passport it was for my honeymoon.
Been to:
Greece - Santorini, Crete and Athens (didn't really enjoy it, but figured as much). Will probably go back to both Santorini/Crete for our 10 yr. LONG travel from San Francisco though.
Italy - Rome (similar to Athens), Florence (loved), Lucca (underrated), Sienna (awesome as well), Lake Como.
Switzerland - Lucerne and Lauterbrunnen
Costa Rica - Manuel Antonio
Switzerland was real nice, but man, expensive.
anybody ever internationally travel alone?
Eh I live in The Bahamas and I dont think these are good reasons.. I take an airplane to get everywhere as well. I think the answer is closer to what a previous poster said about Americans believing they have everything they need in their country already.
I was comparing more so to European counterparts who:
Basically get 5 weeks of time off annually
Have a robust train system that goes cross-country. Like I went from Italy to Switzerland by train. What other country am I taking a high speed train from the US to?
No denying the american attitude, but when it comes to travel i disagree..that's not what prevents most here.