I suspect yours is maybe a bit more of an American position. In Europe we had borders that were impenetrable everywhere, so we generalized this to the world. I

I suspect yours is maybe a bit more of an American position. In Europe we had borders that were impenetrable everywhere, so we generalized this to the world. In addition, it’s a question of affluence. We did one big trip (to the United States) as kids, which my parents chose for safety and Disney World. The rest of the world was totally inaccessible to middle class families (not that they would have desired to go). Certainly places like Burma, Vietnam or Patagonia seemed totally inaccessible to us, so I can emphasize from a German point of view.