Why Not an International Vacation? Did you know that as of 2016, only 36 percent of Americans have a passport? That really surprises me, because it means all those who don’t are missing out on the many wonders to be seen outside the borders of the U.S. My first international trip occurred when I was around 11 or 12; my family boarded a plane—a first for my sisters and me—and “hopped” from Miami to the Bahamas. The only thing I remember from that trip was having a sensation of