Things You May Learn During Travelling (15 pics)

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"I was living in Canada. Now back in Germany I always say thanks to the bus driver when I get off."

2

"From Iceland: Learning to chill about events that are beyond my control. Sometimes a blizzard comes and it doesn't care about your plans. Learning to suck it up and get your sh*t done. Sometimes a blizzard blows up but the cows still gotta get milked. Maybe what I actually learned was to bitch less."

3

"After living in Korea and Japan I realized it's OK to clean up things that aren't my fault. I watched people accidentally knock stuff over, spill things, drop trash, and anyone that was around to see it immediately cleaned things up without hesitation. No mental gymnastics explaining why this empty can isn't my problem, they just fixed it."

4

"As a Chinese woman, the first time I have ever felt positively about my own body was because of my American friends. And slowly, I worked my way up to loving it."

5

"After travelling Belgium: Beer is ALOT more than just Pilsner."

6

"Kindness and politeness. I used to live in a country where it is kind of a free for all, always grumpy, always fighting for something, really cunning. You don't apologise there unless you mess up really badly. I moved to Northern England. Oh my. Letting people through. Smiling. Being nice. Being helpful. Just living with people and making their days better. I feel like I am a slightly better person now :)"

7

"Sorry after living in Egypt I learned two very important lessons: the importance of customer service and to never be impatient to someone learning English. Learning a foreign language while living in a country is the hardest thing and people are so impatient."

8

"Lived in Italy. The hand gestures thing is real, and very contagious. I don’t know how to communicate without them now. Also, pasta... before going to Italy, what I thought was a good pasta dish in my home country is now inedible for me."

9

"I'm in Sweden but I'm from Spain. I'll say that overall I take back the experience of surviving long and sad winters and overall relying on myself. I've become someone who appreciates more nature ( I started trekking and going to national parks alone), simplicity in small things, silence."

10

"I'm American, but briefly lived in Germany as an exchange student. I lived there just prior to turning 16 and getting my driver's license, so I was paying a lot of attention to how everyone drove. So now, even 30+ years later, I stay in the right lane on the freeway, only pass on the left, move right for overtaking vehicles, and use my signals religiously."

11

"How to relax. My country is so competitive in almost every sphere of life that foreigners have actually complained about the hyper-competitiveness of the place."

12

"Lived in Ghana for a time. Learned not to be so f*cking uptight about everything all the time."

13

"To walk/stand in the right so people can pass from the left."

14

"Mayonnaise on french fries from Deutschland."