On 2016-04-06 10:23 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>

>>> I could have easily missed it but I am the only one I see posting
>>> who has actually lived a significant number of years outside the
>>> USA.
>>
>> I think it broadens your perspective a lot to have such a good look
>> somewhere else.
>
> It does. Sorry though if I got USA centric there. I meant I am one of
> the few who 'are' USA who lived elsewhere that I see posting now. Most
> though seem to try to understand it all.

I have met lots of Americans on my travels. While there is a lot to see
and do in the US, so lots of vacation destinations without leaving their
own country, Americans do travel overseas a lot. According to a US
government traveal and trade site, 32 million Americans travelled
overseas last year and the most common destination was Europe, with more
than 12.5 million heading there. Another 7.5 million went to the
Caribbean another 5 million to Central and South America and 2 million
to the middle east. Another 28 million went to Mexico and 12/5 million
to Canada. The total number of people who travelled to points outside
of the US is more than 70 million, roughly 20% of the population.