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Old 11-04-2008, 10:03 AM   #29 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl View Post
The United States is still hung up on the idea of "live to work" versus the European idea of "work to live."
I'm still grateful for my two weeks after spending too many years being educated while working part time. It's a North American thing and one of the reasons why I don't travel much. That and affordability.

I agree there should be a program for travel. Even if it were within the country. As I've mentioned in the passport thread, I have yet to see my own country in any reasonable capacity. That's a shame, I know. I don't even know what most of my fellow Canadians are like, let alone the people of the rest of the world.
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