Show-off travel is very popular now. Do you like it?

Indeed, this kind of ostentatious tourism is very popular now. In fact, after all, I also like this kind of tourism. There is no goal, no plan, no matter where you go.

There are many ways to travel. Some people like self-guided tours, some like group tours, and some like in-depth tours. Some people like to walk around and watch the flowers, some like the excitement, some like nature, some like cities, some like monuments, some like islands, some like shopping. What kind of travel do you like?

I still remember when I first had the ability to go out for fun, I could only visit nearby attractions, and the time could not be too long. It was a rare opportunity to go out and play. At that time, I was afraid that I would miss a little bit of fun. It would be best to arrange about ten scenic spots a day, get up as early as possible, and have to play until the last bus before going home. I once went to an amusement park with my friends. The tickets were not cheap, but most of the facilities were included in the tickets and there was no need to pay extra. We visited every facility and didn’t miss any of them. It was quite funny when I thought about it later. Even though I was a little scared and tired, I still wanted to play until closing time before leaving.

Later, when I had the opportunity to travel around the country, I realized that I actually didn’t like such a busy way of traveling. I like visiting local markets, staying in local B&Bs, living in other places, and hanging out watching local people. Fortunately, my best friends also have similar preferences. When we travel together, we always don’t have too many plans, we just go with the flow and have fun wherever we go.

I know some people who like to check in everywhere. They went to Europe and visited 5 countries in a week. Although they did not have much impression of each country, what they cared about was that they had been there. This is also a fun way to travel, but they and I are not suitable to hang out with. One of my friends once told me that he only went to the capital. He planned to collect the capitals of various countries, and he enjoyed it very much.

The travels of my best friend and I are more like very short-term immigrants. We travel to Japan or Thailand and only visit one city a week. When we traveled to Europe, we only planned one country or even half of the country for about 2 weeks. We like to find apartment-style B&Bs, go to the market or supermarket to buy food with the locals, visit an attraction in the morning, buy bread from a bakery on the street at noon, go to the park to bask in the sun and watch pigeons in the afternoon, and then go to a coffee shop on the corner. Have a cup of coffee and then go home and cook dinner.

Every place you go on such a trip will have a different experience, and sometimes you will have unexpected experiences. I still remember one year when I went to Beijing for a week. A friend told me that there was a very good tailor who made beautiful and cheap clothes. He recommended that we get tailor-made the next day so that we could get them before leaving Beijing. clothing. When we went to the tailor's place, there happened to be other customers, so we picked out styles and fabrics and chatted together. This guest is a lady in her fifties, very elegant, and it can be seen that her family is very well off.

I forgot what we talked about at that time, I just remember that we kept chatting after we made the selection. When we were about to leave, the lady asked us if we wanted to go to his house. We didn't think too much and went to her house together. In urban Beijing, this lady's home was large and luxurious. Sitting in her living room, the city of Beijing was visible outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. There were imported black tea and biscuits on the table. It was really a great experience for me, who was still very young at the time.

I still remember when we were chatting, the housekeeper came to ask her what to cook for dinner. She said that when she went to the market in the morning, she happened to see a good real estate, so she went to buy the real estate but did not buy any food. I could only laugh dryly, and we left on the pretext that there were places we wanted to go. She allowed me to see a different level of life. Unfortunately, I was too young at the time. If I had asked for more experience and guidance, maybe I could have a house in Beijing.

Another time in Vienna, we took a tram from the city back to the hotel, but we didn’t know where we should sit. We thought we were smart and took a photo of the stop sign in front of the hotel, preparing to find the place where we wanted to get off on the tram route map, only to realize that the word we took the photo was not the name of the station, but the name of the tram. Fortunately, there were two mother-in-laws in the car who couldn't speak English and were very enthusiastic. Seeing our panic, they asked us where we were going. We gave us the name of the hotel. The mother-in-law nodded and then extended her thumb, index finger and middle finger. , we counted in confusion, is it station 8? The car continued to drive, and not long after, my mother-in-law called us anxiously, waving her hands to ask us to get out of the car, and then we saw our hotel in the distance. It turns out that the European thumb is 1, and the thumb, index finger, and middle finger are 3.

These experiences in different places make me enjoy walking around even more. If you haven't tried it, you might as well try it next time. Pretending to live there and living the life of a local is a very interesting way to travel.