Before I began traveling abroad, I considered myself to be quite the cosmopolitan. Two years and 15 countries later, I'm constantly learning things about myself and my relationship to the global community. Wasn't it Socrates who said "true knowledge comes in knowing that you know nothing"? Smart guy, that old dead Greek. It is simultaneously an irritation and a pleasure to be slapped upside the head by the world each time I get too comfortable in my situation. One of the biggest wake up calls came early on October 8, 2012.
