multicultural
One of the most astonishing things for us to learn here has been how isolated we are in America. It's rare when you hear someone speaking a language that is not your own. It's English, all day every day with nary an accent to be heard. Opportunities are scarce to meet Germans, Russians, Swedes, Thai or any other nationality, save Canadian and Mexican.
Then we compare that experience to Viet Nam where we have met people of those nationalities and many more. It's common to be in a room with three or more countries represented, often speaking the same language: English. It's a trippy experience for three novice travelers.
And then I look at the "visitor map" on my stats page and I see this; for some reason, it makes me terribly happy.
Even my blog is multicultural. Yea! Thanks everyone! I'm in awe that so many read it on a repeat basis. Could my life be that interesting? I can scarcely to get family to look at it but once a month and yet, there are all these other people keeping up with it all. Leaves me a little speechless (though not completely, as my classes would tell you--I can't seem to shut up most of the time!). Thanks. Really.Labels: sentimental, thanks
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Checking in from Tennessee and I love following your adventures!
Hey ! "some" family read it at least weekly and sometimes daily ! :) :) :). You can find people from every country here, I just listen to the accents and then ask if they are from where I think the accent is. I meet people from many different countries here. I would guess that travel to where you are at is cheaper for people in european countries than travel to the US though ?? If that is the case then you will get a lot of travelers from europe and asia.
unc d&j
Very true-- you and my sister have been faithful readers. And my friend Lydia. So, some friends and family read the blog, but it's interesting to me how many read it, not because they know be, but because they somehow find it interesting. Pretty cool.
And we may need to move to your neck of the woods because we hardly see any foreigners (except in the summer, downtown) in PDX.
What a cool map! I must look you up when I go to Ethiopia so that you get a visitor's flag from Africa!
Howdy from your longtime Midwest Reader!
That's a nice thing about this college town. We're about two hours from the geographic center of the U.S., but there's lots of global culture in Lawrence.
--Lydia
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