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    Has Travel Changed You.....

    In any way, and if so, how?

    This for me is a very deep question. An anti semetic experience I encountered in Austria during my first visit there in 1987 haunts me to this day. What I learned from this experience over time is respect for those different from me that pose me no harm.

    Interesting it should be Austria that taught me this, but I thought I'd start by answering my question myself. Rob

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    And I posted this to the wrong forum. Alan, could you move the above post to travel? Sorry for the absent mindedness. Rob

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    I have always been aware of extreme poverty, etc but actually seeing it is disturbing. Many of the Caribbean islands are like this. Touring Auschwitz gave me a panic attack but I worked through it and finished the tour. I love to travel and mostly find it enjoyable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife View Post
    And I posted this to the wrong forum. Alan, could you move the above post to travel? Sorry for the absent mindedness. Rob
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    Quote Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife View Post
    An anti semetic experience I encountered in Austria during my first visit there in 1987 haunts me to this day.
    What happened?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teacher Terry View Post
    I have always been aware of extreme poverty, etc but actually seeing it is disturbing. Many of the Caribbean islands are like this. Touring Auschwitz gave me a panic attack but I worked through it and finished the tour. I love to travel and mostly find it enjoyable.
    I felt really nauseous and overwhelmed at Dachau.

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    I have learned the world is a very small place with everyone trying hard to get ahead. In America we (personally) live a totally protected and privileged life which we should not take for granted.

    People in other countries are just as hardworking (maybe more) and want the same for their children.

    I can and do look at global news with a different attitude.

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    I can't say it changed me--since I was small I had a fascination with people from other cultures and places--but travel colors my world.
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    Spending 30 days in the Netherlands with family at age 18, I have been forever grateful for space. The space in our home (1650sf), the space in our small yard-gigantic compared to my Uncle's who loved to garden, the spread out here in the West in general. 40y later, I still appreciate space.

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    I think I am changed when I go somewhere and leave the mentality of day to day concerns behind me. I don't feel like the fact of people's differences and sameness, or even their evilness and goodness, is a lesson I needed to learn in this life, I'm always pushing the boundary of what "normal" or "ok" looks like just because that's how I think, but I need lessons - over and over - in how to let go of making every last detail a harrowing priority and focus on what matters and what is directly in front of me, and travel is a great way to get into that mental space.

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