If in foreign country are you a or b ?

[Cruiser24]

If your visiting a different country -

Are you a culture type person of a country and seeing how other country's work ie visiting supermarkets, local cafes, shops, markets ect

Or

Do you prefer to see the history of a place and what attracts tourists there what it is known for ect

Don’t most people do both?

Both A & B sound the same sort of people!

They feel like in the same camp to me. Unless a is shunning anything aimed at tourists and doggedly being a local for the week?!

Those things go together, surely? The alternative style of holiday in my mind would be more to just lie on the beach or by the pool, eat only at places with English menus or not leave the all-inclusive resort?

Both, surely

I get you, op. They aren't the same.

Person A lives the everyday life of a resident.

Person B does the big sites.

My dad lived in Paris for many years before I was born. The very first time he ever set foot in the Louvre was taking me as a teen.

I live in London and I've never been to the Tower of London (and don't particularly hanker to).

To answer your question op, I'm more Person A unless it's somewhere quite unique like when I went to Luxor, I visited the tombs.

We did pop into the Vatican but the rest of the time we were in Rome we got a local friend to take us to interesting non touristy cafes and drank the house wine

Both.

Both. Your categories don't really work.

Another vote for both, like most people I expect. After all, tourists generally need to eat so go into supermarkets, cafes etc.

I was on holiday in the mountains between Malaga and Granada in Spain last week. We ate in tapas bars (where free tapas with a drink is still a thing), bought food in supermarkets, went on buses, went hiking but also went to Granada and visited the Alhambra and had a day in Malaga walking in the parks, round the marina and in a couple of museums.

Funny you should say that - I’ve just come back from Florence for the first time and we did the big ticket things and I said to DH “I’d love to come back here now we’ve done all the things we HAVE to do, and just enjoy the city!”

I loved the museums and galleries but I also love just strolling, drinking coffee in a piazza etc.

Saying that, I lived in London for years and then when I had kids we lived overseas and coming back and doing touristy things there was really fun, like seeing the city through new eyes.

Both. I see the local historical sites of interest, eat at local cuisine at restaurants (we normally go with a list of the foods that the city is famous for and make sure we try everything once) and shop for breakfast at the supermarkets.

Both, obviously. Like most people.

I do a bit of both, but I’m also a polyglot, love, languages, and love, knowing how other people live and think. I have also spent most of my life living in various places, many quite different from the next, and I work with people with disabilities, so knowing the local environment and what makes people tech really helps me with my work. And since I am also visually impaired, and rely very heavily on communication, it is much easier to learn how to do things the local way. Although I have had some interesting experience at supermarkets over the years. I vividly remember my first time in Greece, ending up with yogurt with peppers, and Crackers because I thought it was granola and fruit. I have been here on and off for six years, and now on a home here, and I have never once ever found that yogurt again. It must’ve been quite unpopular…

I have been crazy enough to visit the Acropolis, one time, on my own, and once was enough for me. I would love to go back, but tackling marble stairs in sandals was a bit of an adrenaline rush, not to mention I had to put up with listening to everyone else’s comments about me. I speak 10 languages, so I could understand what most people were saying about me. I should have charged a fee for being an additional tourist attraction, because I felt like I was that day. I live in central, Greece, and I am close to the monastery, which is very well-known, but I haven’t been there yet. Or to many other historical places. But ask me about the political aspects of Greece, things about Easter, and the strange things, or not so strange things. If you like them, you can buy for breakfast, like intestines soup, and I can tell you.

Surely a lot of people are A and B?

I loved Florence but made sure we had 2 weeks so we could do both the sights and the markets, cafes, mooch round a supermarket etc.

I would not travel abroad and then only visit supermarkets?

Bit of both.
Usually self catering so going to local shops and markets, try to speak a bit of language even if just hello/goodbye, please/thank you.
Also interested in seeing local sights and history

Both surely?

Both generally, though it would depend a bit on the location and how much time I was there for. We generally self cater for our main holiday and I do enjoy using the local shops. If we're going to Spain, proximity of a branch of Eroski is one of the criteria I use when selecting accomodation. But on say a 3 day city break I'd probably spend most of the time seeing the touristy highlights of the place. I'd still try to eat in places that local people are using rather than sticking to the hotel restaurant or multinational chains though. I don't really understand why people travel and then try to find replicas of home. Some years ago I went to Hong Kong with a group of friends and one guy in the group refused to join us in any local restaurants, eating in places like McDonald's every night. The trip wasn't cheap and I never quite understood why he came with us as he spent the whole time seeking out familiarity.

Both.

The opposite is C... those who don't leave the hotel/tour bubble (AI type holidays)

Both

Both, because supermarkets in other countries are ace, local cafés are ace, and the historical stuff is interesting too.

I go to the museums and galleries in my home city, too.

Definitely both. I like to see the historical places, but generally get there using public transport, eat in small, local places and go to the local supermarket a lot. I also like to walk around residential areas.

Both A & B, I'm currently abroad and staying in a hotel at a local residential area. We're eating and shopping in the local cafes/shops frequented by locals with hardly a Brit in sight.

We've been to a several tourist spots and I'm appalled at the behaviour of the tourists. We went to a religious sight & there were signs everywhere requesting modest clothes. Loads of tourists turned up dressed like they were going out to a club.

They also filmed worshippers praying without permission, very bad behaviour. I've never seen anything like it in all my years of travelling around the world. Everyone was obsessed with taking instagram footage & being generally disrespectful.

Very much both.

That’s interesting. When we were in Italy recently we went to some churches and cathedrals and I noticed that no one flouted the rules at all. Even all the men were in long trousers although I think they could have been ok with longer shorts. Maybe it helped that it wasn’t boiling hot - perhaps if we were in Bali or similar it would have been more of a chore to cover up.