There is A LOT of down time when you are traveling long distances — waiting in the airport for your flight, driving hours between cities, or relaxing on a train while the world flashes by.
You could sit with your nose in a book or scroll through Instagram to pass the hours, or instead, you could take the opportunity to ask your travel buddy (or the random person sitting across from you, if they look interesting) some fun questions and get to know each other better instead!
You never know where the conversation might go…
(Scroll to the bottom of the page for a pdf of the questions!)
1. Describe what you looked like in your most awkward childhood phase.
2. What is the weirdest thing that you’ve ever eaten?
3. Describe your perfect meal.
4. Have you ever done something illegal and never gotten caught?
5. You can have one superpower — what would it be and why?
6. Is there a country or city in the world that you never want to visit?
7. What is the first thing you would do if you won the lottery?
8. If you could stay this age forever, would you?
9. What is your favorite smell?
10. If you needed a new identity what would your name be, where would you go, and what would you do?
11. If you had to compete in a food eating contest, what type of food would you pick?
12. Have you ever gone skinny dipping? Where and when?
13. Would you rather give up coffee forever or alcohol forever?
14. If you could be a fictional character who would you be?
15. If you could join a mission to colonize Mars, would you?
16. Tell me something that nobody knows about you.
17. What would your personal theme song be if you were a character in a sitcom?
18. If you could change one thing about the way you look, what would you change?
19. If you could time travel, what year or event would you go back to?
20. What’s your go-to karaoke song?
21. Tell me about the last thing you read.
22. Do you believe in ghosts?
23. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
24. What’s the worst job you’ve ever had? Why?
25. Describe yourself in five words.
Click here to download a pdf of the questions to take with you on your next trip!
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Lindsay Shapka is an avid traveler and the creator of The Anthrotorian — a website dedicated to sharing travel tips, stories about adventures, culture quirks, artists you should know, fascinating bits of history, and more!
She is also an artist, marketing specialist, editor, and freelance writer who has work featured on websites, blogs, and in magazines like National Geographic Traveler.
Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, is a fascinating city. It's perched right on the border between Western and Eastern Europe and with that comes a complicated history.
Until the late 1980s Hungry was communist, not moving to a democratic government until 1989. There is also a heavy influence from ancient Roman and Turkish occupation that has led to an interesting mix of architecture, culture, and historic spots to visit.