You choose a country to visit....and?

Whilst in a country I like to walk around and look at the architecture. If there are historical sites in that country I adore going to see them so I can notice their detail. I like to meet the local people and find out about their culture. I am ever so keen on seeing wildlife. If I am on a tropical island I like to swim in the sea and should there be any coral I love to go snorkeling around it. I always look in the handy craft shops and markets to see if they have any costume dolls. At home I collect costume dolls from different countries. I like to buy some postcards and get a gift for my mom and my sister.

I love to travel. While I have not travelled out of my country yet it is definitely in my bucket list. I like to visit museums and learn about foreign culture. I want to travel to Japan, Greece, Egypt, Israel, specifically in Jerusalem, and South Africa among other places. If I could I would go everywhere. The world is a big place to see and there are a lot of things to enjoy, experience, and appreciate. For now, I travel all over my country. I make it a point to make a trip to somewhere I have never been at least once or twice a year.

I like to visit historical sites, museums and art galleries. I am interested in art and architechture, so when I visit a new place I like to look at the houses, the art galleries and the sculptures in the streets. I usually visit the most famous sites first and the rest of the time I walk around in the city and in order to feel the atmoshere of the place and experience the local culture. Like you I try to visit the places that locals visit, because I think that gives me a better picture of the country and the local culture. I visit the shops and restaurants where the locals go and I always use local transportation instead of tourist busses.

Same here. Well, I want to do those things if I ever get out of the states. The closest I've been to another country so far was a shop that sold foreign imported candies and soda.

I am with you Kostas, I like going and doing like the locals do...and thats just what I did when I went to Jamaica and also when I visited Morocco... We met a person there that we hired as I tour guide...He took us places we would have never seen if we had been with a tourist group... And in Jamaica we hung out with the locals and it was just a wonderful experience...I love travelling....

I would like to see their historical places, talk with the locals in order for me to know their customs and traditions. I would like to eat their foods also provided it is not too spicy. I would like to see their place of worship , if it is possible. Before leaving a certain place, I would like to buy something as a remembrance of my visit to that particular place.

Sadly, I've never had the opportunity to visit a foreign country, but my dream is to visit Italy and Scotland. I still have family in Italy, but I would love to visit Florence, and see some of the historical sites since I'm an artist. I would definitely enjoy visiting some local places, to eat and shop. And I'd love to visit Scotland, since both my and my boyfriend are part Scots (he actually has family there he hasn't seen in about 20 years or more). I'm not so sure that I'd try some of the foods (I'm scared of trying haggis!), but I'd enjoy visiting the Highlands-such beautiful countrysides.

I like the really old stuff, the older the better... I would love to travel to countries like Greece, Turkey, Italy and Egypt. I'd also like to see China...

Yes, I like to do this a lot when travelling to not only different countries, but different regions within my own country. I like to immerse myself as a local would visiting their normal everyday places as well as the tourist sites. For me it was great when I lived in the USA in the 90's as I was working and living there as a local, not just a tourist, although it was a tourist town that I lived and worked in. But getting up in the morning, watching American morning news programs while getting ready for work, getting paid, having to do grocery shopping and banking and all the rest of it made it more of a unique experience than just simply being a tourist.

It's a good idea to get a feel of the everyday life, not only see the museums and art galleries which are an obligatory program. But the best thing is to have a local guide. He or she can always show you interesting things that a tourist wouldn't see.

If I go abroad I will probably be going to historical sites. I also like to go to the historic and well known local traditional cold because I thought it was a very pleasant thing. Other than that I would go to the famous tourist spot in there.