When did you go abroad for the first time, to where and what convinced you to do it?
For me, it was a month-long backpacking trip across Europe in the summer of 2001. I just graduated from college and it was sort of a gift to myself. I'd had some friends that had done the backpacking/hostel thing and told me how fun it was and totally convinced me to go. I was so nervous at the thought of backpacking around foreign countries by myself that it took me like a week just to book the ticket because I kept putting it off, it was completely outside of my experience and comfort zone. Prior to that, I'd never been abroad other than forays into Tijuana and honestly hadn't given it much thought at all. Even then, it wasn't till five years later, sept of 2006 that I would leave the country again and head to Italy for just 9 days.
For me, it was a month-long backpacking trip across Europe in the summer of 2001. I just graduated from college and it was sort of a gift to myself. I'd had some friends that had done the backpacking/hostel thing and told me how fun it was and totally convinced me to go. I was so nervous at the thought of backpacking around foreign countries by myself that it took me like a week just to book the ticket because I kept putting it off, it was completely outside of my experience and comfort zone. Prior to that, I'd never been abroad other than forays into Tijuana and honestly hadn't given it much thought at all. Even then, it wasn't till five years later, sept of 2006 that I would leave the country again and head to Italy for just 9 days.