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The Doctor
I'm conducting a little research for a marketing proposal (school project) and I was interested in the following:
What age were you when you took your trip?
How long did it last for?
What were you most interested in seeing and doing?
- historical sites?
- nitelife? bars, clubs, etc.
- nature? hiking, biking
- other kinds of adventure?
How would you generally describe your personality?
College graduate?
Thanks in advance!
Answer
I have done it when I was 23 for one month, 25 for one month, at 27 ireland 3 weeks, at 37 Ireland 3 weeks, 42 a European 'tour' again, at 43 and 45 a cycling holiday in the Netherlands and England also going from place to place.
In between I have backpacked in the USA/Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia as well as several shorter holidays which had some backpacking characteristics in Europe mostly in one country at a time as well as a few hiking holidays in England and Wales.
I like a combination of different kind of activities, staying in cities but also in villages, seeing historical and cultural things, go out into nature to just enjoy it but I often also done active parts like rafting, hiking or horse riding. The only 'activities' on your list I am not interested in is 'nightlife' beyond the odd visit to a pub.
I never had the need for more adventure, whatever you mean by that.
I used to be a shy kid but always willing to talk with people, I have grown into an adult who can hold herself in crowds and can face a group to hold a talk, and backpacking has helped me in that change.
The most notable change for myself is the level of my English. When I left school I could hardly communicate and that at a 'survival level' that is very poor grammar and pronunciation. Now I am fluent to the level of being about bilingual. Having to talk English (my only foreign language) for at least a month straight on all my backpacking holidays has helped a lot in that, as well as talking with people I would not have met if I had not started backpacking when I did.
My education level is just below college level, we do not have college here.
In case you had not noticed it yet, I am Dutch, so European and female.
I have done it when I was 23 for one month, 25 for one month, at 27 ireland 3 weeks, at 37 Ireland 3 weeks, 42 a European 'tour' again, at 43 and 45 a cycling holiday in the Netherlands and England also going from place to place.
In between I have backpacked in the USA/Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia as well as several shorter holidays which had some backpacking characteristics in Europe mostly in one country at a time as well as a few hiking holidays in England and Wales.
I like a combination of different kind of activities, staying in cities but also in villages, seeing historical and cultural things, go out into nature to just enjoy it but I often also done active parts like rafting, hiking or horse riding. The only 'activities' on your list I am not interested in is 'nightlife' beyond the odd visit to a pub.
I never had the need for more adventure, whatever you mean by that.
I used to be a shy kid but always willing to talk with people, I have grown into an adult who can hold herself in crowds and can face a group to hold a talk, and backpacking has helped me in that change.
The most notable change for myself is the level of my English. When I left school I could hardly communicate and that at a 'survival level' that is very poor grammar and pronunciation. Now I am fluent to the level of being about bilingual. Having to talk English (my only foreign language) for at least a month straight on all my backpacking holidays has helped a lot in that, as well as talking with people I would not have met if I had not started backpacking when I did.
My education level is just below college level, we do not have college here.
In case you had not noticed it yet, I am Dutch, so European and female.
What is on your list to do of things to do before you die...?
Q. Everyone has things that they want to do before they die what is on yours? What have you already done on it?
Answer
I've already:
-Lived in a foreign country by myself (Brazil)
-Learned another language (Portuguese)
-Been to Broadway shows in N.Y.
-Traveled to Italy
-Written music
-Learned to play the piano
-Helped rebuild houses damaged from Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters
-Ridden on a horse
-Been to the Amazon... visited Indian tribes, slept in a boat on Rio Negr.o, and slept in the rainforest
What I want to still accomplish:
-Travel to each continent including Antarctica
-Go on a safari in Africa
-Go backpacking across Europe
-Go scuba diving in Australia
-Go on a cruise to Antarctica and see penguins
-Visit Niagra Falls
-Go to Japan, Thailand, China (see the Great Wall)
-See the Redwoods in California
-Visit every state in the U.S.
-Eat lobster in Maine
-Eat crepe in Paris
-See the Grand Canyon
-See Mount Rushmore
-Visit Yosemite
-Visit the Mall of America
-Go to Hershey, PA
-Go to the Rocky Mountains and camp
-Look for the Lochness monster and explore awesome castles
-Spend the night in a castle
-Learn Japanese, Italian,Spanish and maybe more
-Write a book
-Ride really fast on a horse through a wide open feild and feel freedom
-Live on a farm
-Live on the beach
-Live in the mountains
-Go sky diving
-Take my future family to Disney World so that we can all be kids for a while
-Get a career that I love where I don't have to sit in an office
-Fall in love and stay with that person forever
-Build my dream house
-Graduate high school (which is in 2 weeks!) and college
-Read the Bible
-Invent something
-Learn to play the cello
-Meet someone famous worth meeting
-Live in a time of no war
-Own a monkey or at least take care of one
-Do something good for animals and nature
-Adopt a child in need of a home
-Make a work of art
-Take a train to New York City
-Visit family that I haven't had the chance to meet
-Learn to bake
-Become a really good cook
-Own a huge, but sweet, loving dog
-Learn to not over-analyze every DETAIL in life and not worry about material things
-Die having strong faith in God
The list could go on and on...
I've already:
-Lived in a foreign country by myself (Brazil)
-Learned another language (Portuguese)
-Been to Broadway shows in N.Y.
-Traveled to Italy
-Written music
-Learned to play the piano
-Helped rebuild houses damaged from Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters
-Ridden on a horse
-Been to the Amazon... visited Indian tribes, slept in a boat on Rio Negr.o, and slept in the rainforest
What I want to still accomplish:
-Travel to each continent including Antarctica
-Go on a safari in Africa
-Go backpacking across Europe
-Go scuba diving in Australia
-Go on a cruise to Antarctica and see penguins
-Visit Niagra Falls
-Go to Japan, Thailand, China (see the Great Wall)
-See the Redwoods in California
-Visit every state in the U.S.
-Eat lobster in Maine
-Eat crepe in Paris
-See the Grand Canyon
-See Mount Rushmore
-Visit Yosemite
-Visit the Mall of America
-Go to Hershey, PA
-Go to the Rocky Mountains and camp
-Look for the Lochness monster and explore awesome castles
-Spend the night in a castle
-Learn Japanese, Italian,Spanish and maybe more
-Write a book
-Ride really fast on a horse through a wide open feild and feel freedom
-Live on a farm
-Live on the beach
-Live in the mountains
-Go sky diving
-Take my future family to Disney World so that we can all be kids for a while
-Get a career that I love where I don't have to sit in an office
-Fall in love and stay with that person forever
-Build my dream house
-Graduate high school (which is in 2 weeks!) and college
-Read the Bible
-Invent something
-Learn to play the cello
-Meet someone famous worth meeting
-Live in a time of no war
-Own a monkey or at least take care of one
-Do something good for animals and nature
-Adopt a child in need of a home
-Make a work of art
-Take a train to New York City
-Visit family that I haven't had the chance to meet
-Learn to bake
-Become a really good cook
-Own a huge, but sweet, loving dog
-Learn to not over-analyze every DETAIL in life and not worry about material things
-Die having strong faith in God
The list could go on and on...
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