I love reading about your adventures as you travel the world and seeing the videos. I'm jealous because I would love to travel to these destinations myself but I can live vicariously through your videos. As a historian of the Cold War, I am fascinated by how you were received in Vietnam. I have to remind myself that war was six decades ago. Your upcoming trip to Eastern Europe should be interesting given the threat they face from Russia's aggressive stance and their ongoing war against Ukraine.
The Vietnamese were the kindest, warmest and most welcoming people I've ever had the honor of meeting. Every person was interested in us and interested in why we came to Vietnam and what we thought about their country. They were genuinely interested in America and (more often than not) were outright fans of America. I don't know what I should have expected but I can't imagine a more hospitable country.
After watching your video from Vietnam, I would love to travel there myself. My Dad was stationed there from '67-'68, my father-in-law from '65 to '66, and my uncle from '69 to '71. It is amazing to see how far Vietnam has progressed since the American War.
I've always found long-term travelling extremely exhausting. I do love travelling, but over the years I've come to realize that I can only do two/three long trips every year (if so). Likewise, I also know that it comes at the cost of not being able to travel to every place in the world I want to see in my lifetime, but I'm already in peace with that thought.
Your trip to Europe sounds exciting - I cannot really comment much on Eastern Europe, as I have not been to many countries, but I'm pretty sure you will enjoy. As far as I know, the general European rule still applies: don't spend too much time in large cities (same as in any country in the world), and try to experience historic towns and small villages.
We went to Croatia in we 2010 along with England and Scotland. I was giving a presentation in Nottingham but we have a friend who is an expat in Croatia working as a private tour guide so took a flight over for a week. Met interesting people there as well as in England. In 2014 I went to Colombo, Sri Lanka for two weeks. Similarities and differences.
I confess that this approach seems so hyperactive to us, we tend to travel immersively - picking a city or town as a base from which to visit an entire region over a couple of weeks or more. Of course, we've slowed down a bit these days and have had our share of "if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium" trips as well.
I love reading about your adventures as you travel the world and seeing the videos. I'm jealous because I would love to travel to these destinations myself but I can live vicariously through your videos. As a historian of the Cold War, I am fascinated by how you were received in Vietnam. I have to remind myself that war was six decades ago. Your upcoming trip to Eastern Europe should be interesting given the threat they face from Russia's aggressive stance and their ongoing war against Ukraine.
The Vietnamese were the kindest, warmest and most welcoming people I've ever had the honor of meeting. Every person was interested in us and interested in why we came to Vietnam and what we thought about their country. They were genuinely interested in America and (more often than not) were outright fans of America. I don't know what I should have expected but I can't imagine a more hospitable country.
After watching your video from Vietnam, I would love to travel there myself. My Dad was stationed there from '67-'68, my father-in-law from '65 to '66, and my uncle from '69 to '71. It is amazing to see how far Vietnam has progressed since the American War.
...safe travels. Keep it all coming.
I've always found long-term travelling extremely exhausting. I do love travelling, but over the years I've come to realize that I can only do two/three long trips every year (if so). Likewise, I also know that it comes at the cost of not being able to travel to every place in the world I want to see in my lifetime, but I'm already in peace with that thought.
Your trip to Europe sounds exciting - I cannot really comment much on Eastern Europe, as I have not been to many countries, but I'm pretty sure you will enjoy. As far as I know, the general European rule still applies: don't spend too much time in large cities (same as in any country in the world), and try to experience historic towns and small villages.
We went to Croatia in we 2010 along with England and Scotland. I was giving a presentation in Nottingham but we have a friend who is an expat in Croatia working as a private tour guide so took a flight over for a week. Met interesting people there as well as in England. In 2014 I went to Colombo, Sri Lanka for two weeks. Similarities and differences.
I confess that this approach seems so hyperactive to us, we tend to travel immersively - picking a city or town as a base from which to visit an entire region over a couple of weeks or more. Of course, we've slowed down a bit these days and have had our share of "if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium" trips as well.