While visiting our sister city will be an experience you can treasure forever, there are a few things to remember that will make the trip more enjoyable and memorable for everyone involved.

The Art of Traveling

1. Travel lightly. Remember, you are not traveling for people to see you. Take only what you need and leave your fancy clothes at home.
2. Travel expectantly. Every place you visit is a surprise package waiting to be opened. Untie the strings with an expectation of high adventure.
3. Travel hopefully. “To travel hopefully,” wrote Robert Louis Stevenson, “is better than to arrive.”
4. Travel humbly. Visit people and places with respect for their traditions and ways of life, as different as they may be from your own.
5. Travel courteously. Consideration for your fellow travelers and for all you meet along the way will enhance your pleasure.
6. Travel gratefully. Show appreciation for the many things done by others for your enjoyment and comfort.
7. Travel with an open mind. Leave all your prejudices at home.
8. Travel with curiosity. It’s not how far you go, but how deeply you go that mines the gold of the experience.
9. Travel patiently. Take the time to understand people in other countries-especially when there are language barriers. Learn a few words, if only to say “hello” and “goodbye.” The “natives” will love you for it.
10. Travel with the spirit of a world citizen. You’ll discover people are basically much the same the world over. Appoint yourself an Ambassador of Good Will wherever you go.

Ten Commandments for Travelers

1. Thou shalt not expect to find all things precisely as they were at home, for thou hast left home to find things different!
2. Thou shalt not take anything too seriously, for a carefree mind is the cornerstone of a good journey.
3. Thou shalt not let other group members get on thy nerves, for thou art paying good money to enjoy thyself.
4. Thou shalt not worry, for they that worrieth hath little joy.
5. Thou shalt not judge all people of a country by one person with whom thou hast had a problem.
6. Blessed are they who can wait and smile, for they shall enjoy themselves.
7. Thou shalt do only somewhat as the natives do.
8. Thou shalt carry the American passport with thee at all times in a safe place. Thou shalt not pack it in thy suitcase; for thou shall needest it while thy luggage is checked.
9. Thou canst be welcome in every land. Treat thy hosts with respect and thou shalt be an honored guest.
10. Bless thy chaperones, for they worketh hard on thy behalf!

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