Totally agree but I can also say that at around 17-18 most Swedish kids I grew up around had been on some sort of travel abroad. Either themselves or with a st

Totally agree but I can also say that at around 17-18 most Swedish kids I grew up around had been on some sort of travel abroad. Either themselves or with a student organisation. Sort of a vacation. It used to be very popular to "tågluffa" here when I grew up, which means getting a train pass and just seeing Europe by rail.