10 things every traveler should do
Wirklich tolle Liste, die ich da auf CNN/Travel gefunden habe. Bin schon ein bisschen stolz, dass ich behaupten kann alles schon gemacht zu haben. Wie sieht es bei euch aus. Siehe Kommentare!
1. Savor every moment of your first few hours
First impressions really are worth a thousand others.
2. Embrace the prospect of being a tourist
Some snooty types will tell you that they're "travelers," not tourists.
3. Devour the hotel literature
Where else could I have found out that there are six different kinds of operator-assisted phone calls in Bhutan -- Urgent, Lightning, Distress, Important, Immediate and Most Immediate -- and they all seem to be treated about the same?
4. Run an errand for a friend
Will lead you to places you would otherwise never see
5. Take in a performance or a sporting event
It would take a mighty effort to get me to "Swan Lake" in Santa Barbara. But put me in Beirut and I know it will be a night to remember.
6. Check out a bookstore
It's a great way to learn about the interests of the locals.
7. Ride a bus to the end of the line
It isn't wise to do this everywhere, but riding the bus to even the next six stops can be useful. At the very least, you'll see something of the city, get a front-seat view (literally) of what the Romans do in Rome and end up in surprising destinations.
8. Read the daily newspaper
Almost every big city anywhere has an English-language paper, and newspapers always tell you much more about a place than they think they're telling.
9. Go to McDonald's
In Kyoto, you could see chicken tatsuta burgers, corn-potage soup and, in autumn, moon-viewing burgers on the menu, and your fellow diners might be dressed in Vivienne Westwood or Dior. In Bolivia, the McDonald's I visited was so exotic that society ladies sipped their McCoffees under the watchful eye of a security guard.
10. Get lost. (In the nicest sense.)
Quelle: CNN/travel...
travel ¦ backpacker ¦ weltreise ¦ geheimtipp
1. Savor every moment of your first few hours
First impressions really are worth a thousand others.
2. Embrace the prospect of being a tourist
Some snooty types will tell you that they're "travelers," not tourists.
3. Devour the hotel literature
Where else could I have found out that there are six different kinds of operator-assisted phone calls in Bhutan -- Urgent, Lightning, Distress, Important, Immediate and Most Immediate -- and they all seem to be treated about the same?
4. Run an errand for a friend
Will lead you to places you would otherwise never see
5. Take in a performance or a sporting event
It would take a mighty effort to get me to "Swan Lake" in Santa Barbara. But put me in Beirut and I know it will be a night to remember.
6. Check out a bookstore
It's a great way to learn about the interests of the locals.
7. Ride a bus to the end of the line
It isn't wise to do this everywhere, but riding the bus to even the next six stops can be useful. At the very least, you'll see something of the city, get a front-seat view (literally) of what the Romans do in Rome and end up in surprising destinations.
8. Read the daily newspaper
Almost every big city anywhere has an English-language paper, and newspapers always tell you much more about a place than they think they're telling.
9. Go to McDonald's
In Kyoto, you could see chicken tatsuta burgers, corn-potage soup and, in autumn, moon-viewing burgers on the menu, and your fellow diners might be dressed in Vivienne Westwood or Dior. In Bolivia, the McDonald's I visited was so exotic that society ladies sipped their McCoffees under the watchful eye of a security guard.
10. Get lost. (In the nicest sense.)
Quelle: CNN/travel...
travel ¦ backpacker ¦ weltreise ¦ geheimtipp
