It felt like a long trip to travel outside the US. It is great to be able to hop on a train or plane from the UK and travel anywhere in Europe in a matter of hours.
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My main reason for leaving the US is because of travel. It’s easy and affordable to travel to continental Europe from the UK. I have taken a 2-hour train ride to Paris, and a shorter flight to Barcelona to visit my parents. It’s only a two-hour flight to reach Austria’s top skiing, where I spent 10 nights in February.
Compared to that, the majority of my travel in the US was domestic. It is true that America is much bigger than I thought, so I did sometimes feel like I was in another place when I visited a new country. The trips I took included a four hour train ride to New York City and a three-and a half hour flight to Miami.
The furthest I went to different countries included Playa Del Carmen in Mexico for Spring Break — a nearly five-hour direct flight from Boston — and Puerto Rico, a four-hour flight away, during Thanksgiving. It is worth noting, however, that traveling to these destinations would vary depending on your location in the US.