Last week, lady from the Office of Institutional Diversity
came into speak to us about a variety of things. One of the things that I
enjoyed was “You know you’re a tourist when…” I have been fortunate enough to
travel to a lot of different places in my lifetime and it is always my goal to
fit in to the location as much as possible. Even though this is a little
extreme and irrational, my biggest fear is that my family and I will end up
looking something like this…
I know this fear is ridiculous, and when I look back at
pictures of how opposite my family is compared to this picture, I laugh.
However, it made me think of something that I need to remind myself more often.
When I think back to all of my vacations around the world with friends and
family, I rarely remember what I wore or how I looked. I remember what I
experienced, what the weather was like, what the people were like, how my
family, friends, and I reacted and all of the adventurous feelings that the
experience came with. Because of this, I challenging myself to not focus on or
worry about looking like a stereotypical tourist, and spend my time on soaking
in every part of Paris that I possibly can.
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