Indeed, solitary travelers conjured up an entirely different reaction than a group of Americans, who were perceived as camera-wielding, Bush-supporting boors. “Universally idiotic; large Hawaiian shirts; large cameras; stupid questions,” says Ian Clifford, a software developer from Nottingham, ticking off the stereotypical qualities of a group of average American tourists. And, says Clifford, these are the more cultured members of U.S. society: “Only 10 percent of Americans have passports. What on earth have you left behind?”
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Summertime in England
Thanks to the people at Freedom Week, I'm going to Cambridge! I might stay for the month of July and travel around a bit. Now I just need a smaller camera:
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Congrats, dude!
And based on the website's pics, it looks like the participants are not nearly as spectacularly lame as I would expect.
See you at the 'roo.
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