Travel Firsts
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VoyagerVicki
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot I also did two "solo trips" to meet friends in college for spring breaks--NYC and Washington, DC. I didn't count those, though, as the "solo" part was just a one-day bus ride. #GenXTravel
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @GenxtravelC @GenxtravelC A2: I think it was 1988, from New Zealand to Australia. I was 8. I remember they still smoked on the planes back then. It was gross! #GenXTravel
VoyagerVicki
replying to @GenXTraveler @GenXTraveler @aandj8804 @GenXTravel How cool to "own an island"! How did that happen? (Can you just "buy" islands for sale?) #GenXTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @VoyagerVicki: @RTWBarefoot I also did two "solo trips" to meet friends in college for spring breaks--NYC and Washington, DC. I didn't c…
aandj8804
People travel by themselves to places? 😳 I think they must have more courage than me! Or a better job! a4 #travelfirsts #genxtravel
llworldtour
A5. First passport stamp in my first passport: Paris, France #genxtravel
I met up w/ Katie (right) who was already there. We met Suzanne who was traveling alone. I was already meeting new friends immediately. A sign of what was to come!
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @GenxtravelC @GenxtravelC A1: I was 3 - travelling from London to New Zealand via Disneyland in LA. I don't remember flying, but I do remember Donald Duck at Disney ;-) #GenXTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @VoyagerVicki @VoyagerVicki still travel though. My Ireland adventure was a 3-hr train ride and a several hour boat ride (overnight). a couple of other similat trips have involved like a 3hr plane ride. so I'd count them :p #GenXTravel
GenXTraveler
replying to @VoyagerVicki @VoyagerVicki @aandj8804 @GenXTravel It has been in his family for generations. He still has it. #GenXtravel
AngelaMDiLoreto
replying to @GenxtravelC @GenxtravelC A5 #GenXTravel: Italy and many followed quickly after! ❤️
aandj8804
replying to @HHLifestyleTrav @HHLifestyleTrav @GenxtravelC That sounds like an amazing trip! I can't even begin to fatham how much you learned by nannying in Naples! #genxtravel #travelfirsts
GenXTraveler
replying to @llworldtour @llworldtour I love that you have all these old pictures to share. I haven't scanned mine so many are still in print or on old disks. #GenXTravel
micheleherrmann
A5: Ireland. My mother, who is from there, took my sisters and I with her to meet our relatives and see the country in the early 80s. Good times with cousins, hard times with jetlag. #genxtravel
GenxtravelC
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @aandj8804 @aandj8804 @GenxtravelC Oh my, it certainly was a learning curve! I was bested by a 4-year old diva, because my Italian was rubbish. Then there were my days off exploring the city - it was gritty and fantastic back then! It's my 20 year anniversary of living there, so want to go back! #GenXTravel
GenXTraveler
A6. In my late teens and early 20s, my then boyfriend and I used to take off and go places for the weekend all the time. In my "more adult life" I'm a bit more of a planner. But last week I took off and went to California for the wildflower #superbloom #GenXTravel
aandj8804
My first stamp was France. I hated it at first, specifically Paris, but it didn't take long to grow on me… #genxtravel
ChinaMatt
A5 Damn customs agent at Heathrow stamped right in the middle of the page of my new passport. #genxtravel https://t.co/r7dLgmcwmY
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @GenxtravelC @GenxtravelC A6: I have road tripped around NZ when I was a teenager. I got my provisional license at 15, and my full at 16, and used to jump in the car with friends and just drive ;-) #GenXTravel
llworldtour
A6. First spontaneous trip: Who can remember that far back! 😅 Have no idea! Way too many trips. #genxtravel
GenXTraveler
replying to @micheleherrmann @micheleherrmann My brother recently had a DNA test done. Turns out we are almost 100% Irish. We thought we were German. lol Guess I need to visit Ireland. #GenXTravel
GenXTraveler
replying to @aandj8804 @aandj8804 I was just in Paris for the first time. I wasn't thrilled at first. It grew on me. #GenXTravel
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @GenxtravelC @GenxtravelC A5: USA 1983 (on my mom's passport). Australia on my own passport in 1996. #GenXTravel
aandj8804
replying to @GenXTraveler @GenXTraveler @VoyagerVicki @GenXTravel Wow. That's amazing. I'm surprised the government hasn't taken it. #travelfirsts #GenXTravel
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @aandj8804 @aandj8804 @GenxtravelC No, I lost track of them, although my Dad has kept in touch I think. I haven't been back in those 20 years (which I am sad about). So really should make it down there this year! #GenXTravel
GenXTraveler
A7. I think I do this all the time. But the first big one was probaly when I went to Florida for 3-months on my own. At that time I was still uncomfortable eating alone. Glad that fear is gone. #GenXTravel
VoyagerVicki
A6: My most memorable spontaneous trip (and I'm major planner, so maybe my only one??) was to the Baltics--a 2-week trip-within-a-trip break from my India tour until my next India tour: https://t.co/gcbGjxhOxg I just needed a break from (my 2 months in) India. #GenXTravel
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @GenxtravelC @GenxtravelC A7: Travelling solo to Naples at 19 was pretty full on. But I get bolshy when I'm scared, so it worked out well ;-) Especially when I accidentally took a pic of a drug deal, and had to hide in a bank for a while LOL #GenXTravel
RTWBarefoot
#genxtravel A7: errrr .... for me, often, the very act of travelling solo in a strange environment is a fear I face, due to introversion, self-confidence, slight anxiety issues ... yadda yadda ...
aandj8804
replying to @aandj8804 "Umm… you don't want to know" I said into the phone as waves crashed in the background. Fun times. :) #genxtravel #travelfirsts
GenXTraveler
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot I think someplace new is trying for even the most extroverted people. #GenXTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @GenXTraveler: @RTWBarefoot I think someplace new is trying for even the most extroverted people. #GenXTravel
aandj8804
Going to a wedding abroad for a "penpal" is one of the scariest things ever. Especially if you don't speak the language AND you've never traveled abroad. A7 #genxtravel #travelfirsts
RTWBarefoot
RT @aandj8804: Going to a wedding abroad for a "penpal" is one of the scariest things ever. Especially if you don't speak the language AND…
RTWBarefoot
#genxtravel A8: I eat a lot of weird shit.
Basically, if it's not alive, and it's not part of the innards of some creature, I'll at least try it.
GenXTraveler
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot Today is apparently #NationalWalkingDay. Have you done your walking for the day? #GenXTravel
VoyagerVicki
replying to @GenXTraveler @GenXTraveler @RTWBarefoot I'm more comfortable going to foreign countries/new places than local situations where I know no one. There, I'm not expected to & will probably never see them again. At home, the stakes/pressure to socialize is/are higher. No fear, just uncomfortable sometimes. #GenXTravel
llworldtour
Q9. Odd foods: The first time I ate bull penis (in a soup) I was in Vietnam on a 2-wk bicycle trip. It was fine...kind of like calamari. #GenXTravel
VoyagerVicki
replying to @GenXTraveler @GenXTraveler @RTWBarefoot I'll be taking a walk after this chat. #GenXTravel
GenXTraveler
replying to @aandj8804 @aandj8804 Thanks for sharing all your lovely photos! #GenXTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @VoyagerVicki
@VoyagerVicki @GenXTraveler I have not. And nor will I be. But I don't do rules and regulations :p
I was walking on Sunday (did you see the video?!) and no doubt I;ll do a spot tomorrow cos I need to get out this house. #GenXTravel #StirCrazy
GenXTraveler
A9. My first major culture shock was probably in Mexico back in 1991. I hadn't done much traveling at that time and it was the poverty that struck me. #GenXTravel
52perfectdays
replying to @GenXTraveler @GenXTraveler Sorry I'm late to the party! It's odd, I see your answers, but I'm not seeing the tweets with the questions. #GenXTravel
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @GenxtravelC @GenxtravelC A9: Japan. I was 19. I am 6'2" and built like a rugby player, and was overwhelmed by the tiny pushy grannies in Osaka. And the fact they kept stopping me to take pics. or worse, not stopping me but still taking photos! #GenXTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @VoyagerVicki @VoyagerVicki @GenXTraveler #GenXTravel I like being somewhere I don't know anyone, but I like it more if I can relate to the language. Part of my issue/fear is communicative. Not socialising, simply talking. Making sure ppl know what I want. Etc.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @llworldtour @llworldtour I know. It scares me every time. But I still do it. It's very rare the fear overtakes me, but it has done, and I'm sure it will again. #genxtravel
GenXTraveler
replying to @52perfectdays @52perfectdays Are you following the hashtag? If you are just following me, you wont see the questions. They come from https://t.co/vvUsMXXC4z. Ths is a dedicated account for this chat. If your not following it, please do. #GenXtravel