But you certainly don't have to go as far away as we did to find these benefits. Here are some that stood out to me. Learning other good ways of doing things. Foreign or regional customs show that things aren't always done best in one's own part of the world. Double-decker buses can carry twice as many people and have great views.
Crafts can be more beautiful and interesting than machine-produced items.
Encourage your youngsters to accept new ideas, new ways of living and working. Some subjects were sea shells, bicycle transportation, trams, pagodas, emperors and dowager empresses, building the Great Wall, and airline transportation. In turn, we talked about what interested us, and we all learned to listen to one another and ask questions. Conversation flows easily when you have shared experiences with your children and grandchildren. We learned that people in Hong Kong politely queue up for everything.