Speaking of "exotic experiences" overseas travel is another over-done fixation of the modern yuppie. "What weird place have you been doing something weird?" is

Speaking of "exotic experiences" overseas travel is another over-done fixation of the modern yuppie. "What weird place have you been doing something weird?" is apparently how you size up the Joneses these days. They'll blather on about how some trip expanded their mind and so forth, despite not speaking any of the language or knowing anything of the history and only being there briefly.