Yes, meeting people is one of the highlights of a trip. In Turkey we were invited to sit down in a shop and were presented with a "glass" of hot sweet tea. Also in Turkey the "clerk" in a hole-in-the-wall store took my package of cookies from me, climbed a ladder to the top shelf, retrieved a fresh box of cookies which he then presented to me with a big smile. What a wonderful experience. In Mexico we were invited to aa wedding in a beach village where the chickens were tied by their feet to a tree so they would not get in the way of the way of the wedding party. So many wonderful experiences they bring tears to my eyes.