“ Travel is fatal to prejudice , bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” -Mark Twain I have always loved this quote, and the more I've traveled, the more it has resonated with me. We live in our American bubble and can so easily tune out the rest of the world if we choose to; or, we can choose to actually GO and experience other cultures, meet other people, learn other traditions, and expand our minds to what is "normal." There is so much more to each culture than what we see on the news and read through our filtered lenses. That is why, when I had the opportunity to take my girls (barely 1 year, and 3 years old) with my mom and me on a trip to Thailand, I was thrilled to do so. Sure, they likely won't remember the experience long-term, but there's something abou