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The invention of smartphones probably made the idea of international travel less intimidating since you now have a pocket translator tool and can find your way in a foreign place with GPS navigation. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] 10 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

As someone who traveled extensively before and after, it's a huge difference. I traveled Europe for 6 months with no mobile phone whatsoever. Only paper maps and pay phones and no hotel reservations. All my money was in travelers cheques. That was a proper adventure. Now there's essentially nothing that can go wrong.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I miss the adventure part of learning a new city with just a handful of polite words to get you by. I've also noticed that pretty much everywhere I go there are plenty of people who speak English so less of a reason to learn another language. I still enjoy finding my way around a new city without a map though, and that is easy to keep doing, you just don't pull out your phone to look at the map.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I still enjoy finding my way around a new city without a map though

    Heck this is a blast even at home. If I'm given an address in a small town it's pretty fun to just drive around and try to find the address without looking it up

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