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and yet it was also familiar. I learned that no matter how different our |
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cultures are, the individuals of the world aren't that different at all. By the |
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end of that trip I felt as at-home in Japan as I did in Denver, if not more so, |
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because of how much time I was able to spend exploring (rather than being couped |
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because of how much time I was able to spend exploring (rather than being cooped |
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up working). |
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The trip was deliberately not planned out. I knew I would show up in Munich, |
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because I have a friend who lives there as well as a distant relative. But |
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passed that I figured "show up and look around" would suffice. My motto for the |
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past that I figured "show up and look around" would suffice. My motto for the |
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trip would eventually become "plans are just lists of things which won't |
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happen". From start to finish the only plans I had figured out at any moment |
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was a general trajectory and my next destination. Rarely was my next place to |
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sleep booked more than a week ahead of time, or my next bus or train ticket |
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bought more than a day before. |
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happen". From start to finish the only plans I had figured out at any moment was |
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a general trajectory and my next destination. Rarely was my next place to sleep |
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booked more than a week ahead of time, or my next bus or train ticket bought |
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more than a day before. |
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It could not have worked any other way. For a short trip it might be viable to |
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have an itinerary with a list of destinations/sights which will be visited and |
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