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At first I thought this would be a cool, funny thread idea, but then I couldn't think of anything cool or funny. Hahaha. Maybe some of you can do better.

You know you're a traveller when:

1. You call home to say 'hi Dad' and he says 'Who's this?' (I really get this)

2. You know the layout of Frankfurt Airport and the London Metro better than the way to the local video store back home.

3. You have to fight the urge to say 'Danke Schon', or 'Gracias' to store clerks when you're back home.

4. There are young children in your family/friends that you've never met because they were born while you've been overseas.

you have your passport number memorized

the suitcases/backpacks never quite seem to make it back into the closet

you hear about something in the news and cant quite recall hearing that story and someone says...well thats what happens when youre out traveling the world

You know you're an AMERICAN traveller when you hear the phrase "MIND THE GAP" and your heart starts racing because you have no clue what the gap is and why you need to mind it!

"When you hear the term "metrosexual" you instantly think dirty thoughts about trains"



haha that was horrible I have ruined the thread single handedly

lol joey.. dirty thoughts about trains!

1)When it takes you a few moments to realize that you DO understand the language people are speaking as they walk along the sidewalk...

2)you're a little disappointed that you can understand the language people are speaking as they walk along the sidewalk.

Joey, that's hilarious. Badbadbad, but hilarious.

...when you drive down the road and have to look at license plates and roadsigns to remember which state/country you're in. (seriously)

1. ...you make up threads about travelling on a website that panders to people just like you.

2. ...you think "tourist" is a four-letter word.

...You think a packaged tour is not travelling!

...when you spell "traveller" with a double l

When Nutella and crackers sounds like a great meal.

When you feel at home everywhere... but you feel like an alien in your own town

when you loath the word "tourist"

When you can't possibly imagine going anywhere without just your pack, and never planning on using (let alone purchasing) another one of those big 'ol suitcases!

When you get comfortable with taking 2 showers a week
when you catch yourself flipping your underwhere inside out, due to not having any clean, which was because you had gotten too comfortable with always having laundy facillities on hand!

when you wake up everyday wishing you were anywhere else, just not your native land!

you can't figure out how much something costs without thinking about the exchange rate

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Originally posted by lynsetta:
you can't figure out how much something costs without thinking about the exchange rate

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Also when you compare the price to about 3 other currencies to see if you're getting a good deal - none of which is your home country's!

when all you can think about is leaving, and your last trip and how to get back out
when you dont understand you hometown,when you purposely dont shower, sleeping on the floor in your bag that stil has not been cleaned of baja dust and still smells like smoke. when you cant figure out why you cannot order a beer in a bar, and when you own language seems foreign
i just want to travel my whole, is that to much to ask?

...when you can't figure out which way to look when you cross the street!

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Originally posted by Leelah:
...when you can't figure out which way to look when you cross the street!

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Nice. I'm still doing that here after a month or more back.

When all of your answers at job interviews include the phrase, "When I was in _________..." (fill in the country of your choice)