Tiffany from (A)broad in Education and super special guest Thuan (check out his foodie Instagram @travel2f00d) join us to discuss being American while traveling solo.

Moral to the Story: Travel makes you different.

Other Fun Topics Discuss:

• Tamu is traveling to Europe.
• Tiffany has two volumes of photos from her trips.
• Tamu's flight anxiety.
• Group consensus: there is plenty to do to keep you distracted on flights.
• Geography.
• Tiffany's Collage: Smoking in Amsterdam
• Food tastes better in their origin countries.
• Thuan Recommends: Churchill War Museum
• Feeling Triggered: Tamu passes on the Heineken Museum because Wight 1 used to drink it. Tiffany suggests going to exorcise the legacy of Wight 1.
• Tamu is taking a wig to change her persona in Amsterdam.
• Hair changes your personality.
• Tiffany suggests wearing a wig throughout the trip.
• Le Paris Noir Tour.

      Travel & Race & Safety:

• Don't read the comments when you Google about being black and travelling.
• Being American carries more weight than blackness.
• Travel in Paris.
• Tales from the Camino de Santiago.
• Being American can also make you feel like an outsider aside from race/ethnicity.
• Passports: Concept of US passport as reparations.
• Head Scratcher Question: Are all Americans colonizers?
• Americans have a privilege abroad just by being American.
• Is it radical to travel?