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Traveling

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  1. As a child, did you have any interest in seeing other places, be it other towns, regions, or countries? If yes, what triggered this interest?

  2. Where did you go in your travels, including parts of your own country? Did you help choose where you went?

  3. Did you help plan and prepare for the trip? Did you travel by car, train, boat, or some other means of transportation? Did anything unusual happen while you were in transit?

  4. Did you ever travel alone as a child? Did you have any interesting experiences or mishaps as a child traveling alone?

  5. How long did it take to get to your destination? How did you feel when you arrived? How was the food? How were your accommodations? Did you miss the comforts of home?

  6. Did you travel to a place where a foreign language was spoken? Did you have a funny or troubling experience of miscommunication? Did you learn any of the language?

  7. What was different or remarkable about the culture or the lifestyle of the place you visited?

  8. What did you buy or want to buy when you were traveling? Did you have a favorite souvenir?

  9. How would you describe the places of interest that you visited? What were the physical qualities of the place you visited? How was the climate?

  10. What did you learn about the place you visited? Did you participate in any festivals or special activities? Did you get to do everything you wanted to?

  11. Did you have any bad experiences while traveling, such as a theft, injury, illness, or homesickness? Did you get lost? How did you handle any bad experiences you might have had?

  12. Did you keep a travel diary or scrapbook? If so, what experiences were you able to record? Did you go back to the diary to relive your experiences later?

  13. Did you feel that your traveling experiences changed you in any way? How did you feel about going home?

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