Suppose you can't travel - at all - anywhere out of town, for any reason, yet you love to travel? You can take a Virtual Trip! Immerse yourself in DVDs or videos about the country or destination of your choice. Visit their tourist website on the internet. See if the library or movie rental place has movies that are set in your country.
Buy or borrow cookbooks with food from your new country. Try a few dishes, even strange ones. You never know what you might like!
Research the old native costumes from your country. Old issues of the National Geographic Magazine are particularly rich sources. Find out what clothes they wear now. Most of the countries of the world seem too 'Americanized' now, but not all.
You might even want to buy some authentic objects from your country. What about getting a small carved elephant from India? Or candlesticks made from olive wood from Israel? How about Victorian Christmas ornaments from Great Britain? How fun is that!
When my kids were growing up, sometimes we'd all play 'airplane.' Just line up chairs on both sides of your longest hall. Someone can be the pilot. Where do you want to go? You could be a cabin attendant and serve a snack. Even children can take virtual trips!
Too see another way to take virtual trips with children, see this blog, Monday, May 13, 2013, #1: "Where, When, Why." On your way!!
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