I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.
As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.
I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.