Eight Ways to Say “I’m American” While Traveling without Saying “I’m American!”
12 min readDec 13, 2021
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Preface: Early on during my first solo trip, I was reminded by a nice guy from Colombia that his country — Colombia — is a part of “The Americas.” So are a lot of other countries. His point was that travelers and most folks from the United States identify themselves as “American,” which is just strange and feels pompous or myopic. Since then, I’ve always…