International education and travel related links, photos, quotes and pieces of interest.

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26th September 2012

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Welcome to America, Please Be On Time: What Guide Books Tell Foreign Visitors to the U.S. - The Atlantic →

Flipping through a few of the many English-language tourist guides provides a fascinating, if non-scientific and narrow, window into how people from the outside world perceive America, Americans, and the surprises and pitfalls of spending time here.

Talking to people in other countries (or reading their guidebooks) can be a good way to reflect on your own national identity.

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