--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a big fan of being on vacation, and the mindset > that one wears *while* on vacation. I wrote a whole > book about it, called Road Trip Mind. > > You leave the house, hop in your car or on a plane, > and all the old rules no longer apply. You're off to > somewhere you've never really been before, with new > people who have different customs than the ones you > are used to, and who may even speak a different > language. They're just not going to *act* the way > that you expect them to, based on your life back home. > > And the thing is, because you're on vacation, somehow > you *don't* expect them to act the way you're used to > everyone in your everyday life acting. You are more > tolerant, even curious. You look upon the people you > meet and the ways they handle themselves almost as a > tourist attraction, something to gaze at and ponder > and hopefully learn from. > > I just moved to a tourist town on the beach in Spain. > There are more interacting and conflicting lifestyles > and customs here than any place I've ever lived. I > mean, you've got straight people sitting next to the > gayest people you've ever met in your life, having > fairly pleasant conversations. You've got young kids > drinking too much and partying loudly next to older > people who would appreciate them keeping the volume > down a little, >>
Yes, those frikkin' English and German lager louts ruined Spain. Now they're starting to go to places like Tunisia and Thailand doing the same. OffWorld
