Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Grand Tour Addendum

The below article mentions Chinese tourists only ever going to Chinese restaurants while in Europe, which reminded me of this anecdote from my exchange year in Thailand:


My host father, an always-on-the-go businessman, went on a business trip to Italy shortly after I arrived to stay with him.

For the trip (a week long or so), he took along packets of Thai-style instant noodles, because, as he explained to me, "It's difficult for Thai people to eat bread all the time."

And I looked on in amazement as he packed noodles into the luggage he was taking to Italy.

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