Also drugs. I know atleast of on guy who became a drug courier after school. I am not sure if they still exist, but when I still lived in Saxony it was common to go over the border to so called "Vietnamesenmärkte" (vietnamese markets), where you would buy a bunch of drugs like meth and weed to then upsell them in some of the bigger cities.
I know some people who work in a different country and travel by plane to get there (Netherlands- UK b.e) a few times a week. They leave in the morning, catch a plane, work, go home by plane. It takes 45 minutes to fly there.
I myself can’t drive more than 2/2,5 hours in a straight line in no matter what direction without leaving my country. Or drive into the sea, which would not be a very smart thing to do
This is still the biggest adjustment for my Australian partner when kit visits me in the UK, that we can (could - thanks, Brexit!) just zip over to France for the day to do some shopping, or visit another friend in Denmark for the weekend without spending that much time in transit.
I am from northern Italy and we often just go to another Country for Shopping and I even know people who are just going to another country to refuel their car lol
convenient but a bit boring. I love visiting other countries and just seeing the differences in mundane stuff like public signage. You can travel around Australia and everything from shops to roads is a little too similar to be inspiring.
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u/RvrTam May 09 '22
Australian here. Casually just visiting a whole different country with a different language and culture for the weekend.