Thanks Betty. Certainly there is a certain level of cultural sameness that had not existed previously. There was an interesting interview with Rick Steves in the NY Times yesterday; his account of his early days travelling reinforces your observation. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/magazine/rick-steves-interview.html
I enjoy reading about travel in the 70s and 80s. I feel there was a greater sense of discovery.
Thanks Betty. Certainly there is a certain level of cultural sameness that had not existed previously. There was an interesting interview with Rick Steves in the NY Times yesterday; his account of his early days travelling reinforces your observation. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/magazine/rick-steves-interview.html
I read the article and enjoyed it. A fun fact I gleaned was that Rick Steves had been a piano teacher.
I hadn’t known that either, or that he had been so politically involved early on.