The Trojan Horse, Canada's a Bro, Engrish

Being a Latin student for six years, I have become very familiar with the story of Odysseus and the Trojan Horse. Not only have I read it from the work's of Homer, but I read the event from the perspective of Aeneas in Vergil's epic "The Aeneid". A little background first. The Greeks and the Trojans had been fighting a war for ten years because some guy named Paris stole a woman named Helen from King Menelaus in Greece. This sparks a massive war that comes to a conclusion with the Trojan Horse. Following a battle outside Troy, Odysseus devises a plan for the Greeks: To construct a giant horse statue on wheels made out of wood, and offer it to the Trojan soldiers. Oh, but they were also going to hide inside and raid the city after nightfall. So the Trojans bought it and took the horse into the city as a parting gift from the "surrendering" Greeks. They got major drunk and partied all night and everyone, including the city guard were incapacitated. That's when Odysseus and his men lept down from the horse, and raized the city to the ground, thus ending the war in one swift act.

About my perfect trip, I really can't come up with a order, I can't really plan out what exactly I'd do. But I do know some of my favorite places that I would like to visit someday. Keep in mind, I've never left the country so anywhere would be a step in the right direction. One place to start would be Canada, our lovable neighbors to the North. I mean who can seriously hate on America's best brother? They've had our back in our conflicts in the Middle East, they landed our planes on 9/11, they are engaged with us in NAFTA and NATO. These guys are just awesome and I that combined with the friendly demeanor of their people and beautiful scenery, make Canada a great place to visit. Next, our motherland, the United Kingdom. I've always been interested in British/Irish culture so this would be a dream experience come true. The accents, the food, the tradittions, the BBC programming lineup, and cutthroat soccer (football competition). They also seem to be slightly more collective than America, which I think would be an improvement over the intense Darwinism in America. The people seem more United in the United Kingdom than in the United States. Finally, Japan would be high on this list too. Their culture is just so different from ours, but in so many unique and positive ways. People leave their phones outside of business and their shoes, theft is just so uncommon. Places exist like waitress bars where one goes in and has a companion to talk to for their meal. The consumerism is crazy, markets and shops are everywhere! One of the best things though is the Japanese obsession with American things, which I would find quite touching and funny. The same way Americans would get a Japanese tatoo of some random word, the Japanese throw in English everywhere, which can be unfortunate sometimes. Take "STARVATIONS", a combination of "star" and "innovations", as a normal shop name in Japan.