Intro to academic english Wed 5-6 Lee Su A

Traveling

 

Traveling to somewhere, especially to foreign countries, is really great thing for me. There’s also old saying: The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. Last summer, I traveled to West Europe, visited England, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. The trip to West Europe is one of my greatest things I’ve ever experienced for some reasons.

First, I could feel diverse cultures, eat foods of each country and see places with many historical associations. It was amazing that I could see real constructions just as I had only seen in books. Second, I could meet various people from different countries who have much more open-minded than I expected. In England, I met an old man from Holland. Suddenly, he asked me that I was a traveler and we continued to talk. Because of my first major, department of Dutch, I was very interested with his words related to Netherland. I also surprised at his attitudes towards an eastern stranger like me. He enjoyed talking with me without any prejudice. The last thing is about courage. Before the trip, I was worried about how to cope with unpredictable events that I would face during the trip because I was a kind of coward person. However, when I faced difficulties such as losing ways, running out of money, I became a brave person and could solve many problems by myself.

For those reasons, I can say that traveling is the greatest thing to me, not only traveling to West Europe, but also to other countries.