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avebury

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22. I would have no problems with it.
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 11:07 PM
Feb 2015

When I was fortunate enough to be able to travel overseas a lot when I was younger I used to love to talk to the locals where ever I was about their views on their local and national politics, world politics and even what they thought of the US.

Actually one of the most unusual conversations was when I was in Hawaii on Maui and went to a dinner show. I ended up with a table of Canadian and all they wanted to talk to me about was US politics. I was used to similar talks overseas where I was the one initiating the conversation. It was like the shoe was on the other foot but it was an interesting conversation.

Another time when I was going to school in Vermont I met an Iranian student attending Norwich Academy (a military school). This was not too long before the Iranians were asked to leave the US around the time of the Iranian hostage situation. There were several Iranians at Norwich, some pro-Shah and some pro-Khomeini. This guy was not a fan of Khomeini and was interesting to talk to.

I absolutely love to talk to people from other countries and/or cultures.

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