I think it’s important to learns a few words of the local language wherever you travel and covered a few language tips in Choose Adventure. Here are a bunch more.
Mark Manson is a veteran world traveler and one of my favorite authors. He knocks it out of the park with the article below.
25 Tips For Learning A Foreign Language
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