What a fortunate coincidence that there is all of this hub-bub about terrorism in Europe, less than two weeks before Jeff and I leave for our trip. FAN-TASTIC. When my dad sent me an article talking about the travel alerts, of course my immediate reaction was "whyyyy nowww?!" My fingers began flying across Jeff's iphone, googling for more information. (For those of you who haven't heard, a travel alert is not the same as a travel warning - govenment officials have said "We are not, repeat not, advising Americans not to go to Europe.")
Thankfully, I stumbled upon this article in the midst of my research. You have to appreciate such a perspective. Yes, we should be realistic also - terrorism is a threat in Europe, and even more so in the U.S. - BUT, if we are going to start worrying about death threats, we should broaden our worries to other departments besides terrorism. And...maybe this is ignorant of me to say, but it seems like all of this media buzz would deter terrorists to an area less "alerted" perhaps?...
I would rather continue on with my travel explorations as long as the government is saying it's safe to do so (which they are - even government officials who declared this warning are still traveling internationally, only telling people to become more aware). Just thought you might enjoy this, from my good buddy Rick Steeves. :)
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