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I think I’ve travelled a lot, but then I look at that map and am somewhat unimpressed. Far too much grey space.I could cheat and list the two countries I’ll visit before going home, but Europe is so squished that it’s hard to tell.The new class is going well. We had two half days of class followed by tours of the city. Areas I’d seen before but nice to see them again. I think it’s safe to say we had the most fun trying to make the castle guards laugh. Wednesday was a half day in class with a free afternoon to explore the city and today was a full day in class.

I enjoy Cultural & Heritage Tourism (C&HT) but I don’t like mass tourism. It makes for some interesting discussions. At times I think that World Heritage listing creates more tourism than a destination can handle–and I wonder about the realistic nature of there being some 2.5m sites of interest in the EU (in the text, can’t find a source on line). At what point does that number dilute the value of being a historic site?

I think one of the most interesting discussions we’ve had in class has been on ‘sheeple’ – the people who give no thought to what they want to see and do rather let others do it for them. I can understand listening to recommendations, but I don’t think I’ll ever understand going somewhere just because it’s the done thing. Am I weird?

It’s been interesting to be among some non-travellers and mass tourists when I’m used to the independent nature of backpackers. It certainly makes me see travelling in another light–and then I proceed to hop on a train and do what I want o:)

I’m taking the camera tomorrow, will try to post pics otherwise when I get back from Berlin