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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve never understood the appeal of living like a local. The best vacations are nothing like how locals live. [/quote]

No, that’s not a vacation.  That’s artificial and you learn nothing.

OP here.  I never really said I “live like a local.”  But when I go on, ahem, “vacation” I like to go where I’m fluent in the (second) language, spend extra time, get to know people, and return and see them again.  And I always take my time.  There’s nothing better just doing nothing for a day or two when you’re traveling because you know there’s no rush. Or when you’re walking down the street and people see you and wave to you because they know you. And you have phone numbers and you exchange WhatsApp messages with your new and old friends when you’re back in the states.

It’s just a different, and better experience. To me when you have an “itinerary” and “must sees” and you’re in some fancy hotel and it’s all about “where are we going to eat?“ that’s not fun to me.  That’s work — just of a different kind.  Boring.  No thank you. [/quote]
You’ve strayed far from your original post and managed to get more obnoxious with every update. Enjoy your travels and we’ll enjoy ours. [/quote]

Agree 100%. And this getting to know people and living like them is just do phony and pretentious.  Unless you’re going to Burkina Faso or Haiti, most people around the world are living pretty much the same.  Drinking a different wine and walking to a small out of the way market, for a loaf of bread, doesn’t make you enlightened.[/quote]

That you really think this is true means you haven’t done it. [/quote]

Says the “traveler” who it sounds like just goes to Italy and St. Thomas 🙄

Nothing wrong with Italy (I love it) or the islands, but if you’re going to cosplay as Anthony Bourdain, and really expand your worldview, you might want to try harder. [/quote]

Lol you’re confusing me with “married well.”  I’m not her.  I’m the OP.  [/quote]

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