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Congratulations FluentWorlds for being published in ThriveGlobal.

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Jennifer Durrant, ThriveGlobal

April 1, 2019

When you stop in the Boston airport for a three-hour layover, would you count that as having traveled to Boston? No? What if you eat a Boston cream donut while you’re there??

You might think it’s laughable to add layovers to your list of places traveled, but the truth is, sometimes we stay in foreign countries for weeks and get about as immersed in the culture as we would if we’d stayed in the airport the whole time. The good news is there are ways to effectively immerse yourself in the country you’re planning to travel to–before and during your visit. Whether it’s for a week or a month, here are five ways to more fully prep for and embrace your upcoming foreign getaway.

Learn the language

Even if you don’t have a year to study the language, there are ways to immerse yourself in the language of the country you’re traveling to.

Read the full article in THRIVE.