Cultural Experiences Gifts

"I thought that we were going to eat something exotic tonight - not just a traditional English meal."

'If he doesn´t bark in French don´t answer him.'

'He's been back packing around India and doesn't he want everyone to know it.'

"Dichos are bits of cultural wisdom that reflect upon life as it happens. Superstitions are magical rituals that fill a gap when knowledge fails. 'Even the best cook blackens her pot' is a dicho. Eating eggs with whipped cream before a big test is a super

Bavarian Inn: NO glockenspiel playing after 10 PM!

Kissing the Blarney Stone.

'Don't look now but it's that guy from Pennsylvania that you dumped,'

"...And the humus is that good?!!"

Pick your own escargots.

'I need a scent that will make me reek of a semester abroad in Paris without saying a word,'

Snake Charmer's Turban.

Chinese restaurant: In case of emergency break glass (Knife and fork).

Snake Charming

'I think we should eat out in the hotel tomorrow dear.'

Kung food restaurant (Waiter flies through the air bringing the food).

Benefits of Living Abroad

North American travel alert to Cuba

"What do you suggest for someone who has been everywhere?"

The Tourist

Tourists

"You complain about the language, the food, the heat, the insects, so why do you insist on coming back year after year?"

"But what did you expect to find in a JAPANESE topless restaurant, dear?"

'Where is the cheapest place to get a beer?'

"Would you mind bringing me a Western utensil?"

I love Museum Shops

'Yes, Bwana?'

'What I like about Magaloof Tracey is it feels so foreign.'

"You didn't tell anyone that we're going to Israel did you?"

Foreigner ready for the hunt

My house was searched because my international travels set off an alarm in a national security agency computer algorithm. First I took a trip to China. Then I traveled to Peru. Next, I went to Greenland, which is a territory of Denmark. Finally, I went to the province of Ontario in Canada. That sequence of trips triggered an alarm? Yeah, the algorithm detected one red flag after another.

A GPS will not solve our "Lost in Translation" problem.

"Wow, that kid does not like Georgia O'Keeffe."

"Trust me, ayahuasca is totally safe and this shaman is the best in South America—you've got nothing to fear."

"You may be asking for trouble, Ernie."

Louis Armstrong