tangomonster
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On a cooking blog, the writer posted a question about what makes people interesting. Everyone mentioned travel and proceeded to list what places/countries they have been to.
I understand that people find it interesting to travel. But does it really make them interesting? Especially nowadays with globalization and Americanization/Westernization, is it really such a life-altering experience?
I've not really known anyone who came back really thinking or behaving differently after they traveled somewhere. My father-in-law would perseverate on a country after he had visited there, like only drinking Australian wine for a few months after returning from a few weeks there. But that was just an affectation and not anything substantial.
If travel really makes people interesting, why do the majority of us not find their travel stories/photos/videos interesting?
Curious as to what y'all think...
I understand that people find it interesting to travel. But does it really make them interesting? Especially nowadays with globalization and Americanization/Westernization, is it really such a life-altering experience?
I've not really known anyone who came back really thinking or behaving differently after they traveled somewhere. My father-in-law would perseverate on a country after he had visited there, like only drinking Australian wine for a few months after returning from a few weeks there. But that was just an affectation and not anything substantial.
If travel really makes people interesting, why do the majority of us not find their travel stories/photos/videos interesting?
Curious as to what y'all think...