Are intercultural marriages lasting over time?

It seems that nowadays is very common to see an intercultural marriages couples but I
constantly hear that they are destined to fracased because it is too complicated, is that
true? Well I’m thinking that an intercultural marriage can last overtime and it depends of
diferents aspects that I will mention.

First, people say is difficult to live with a person that has different cultures and
backgrounds, and I agree that an intercultural marriage can have differences, because in
many cases they have opposites religions, customs, beliefs, even language and it can
produce significant and unique challenges they have to face but I think the difficulties in
general can be present in any couple and the key is the communication, respect and love.
That is my opinion and it part is based of cases that I have knew, for example I knew the
case of my great-grand mother and great-father on my mother's side.

They were an intercultural marriage, both of them born in Peru but their backgrounds
were very different. My great-grandfather was named Michael Rasmussen, his parents
were Danish and they came to Peru for work, they settled in Lima and made their life
here. Michael had a comfortable life. On the other hand, Guillermina was my great-
grandmother, she was from a humble family with few resources, her parents were from
the north of Peru in a region called Trujillo, they settled in the capital of the country when
she was born so from a very young age my great-grandmother had to study and work at
the same time.
With the time, they met at a wedding of their mutual friend, it was love at first sight
shortly after they got married, but over time the problems began, each of them had
different ways to see the things, also each one had their own beliefs and way of thinking
of education but the base of their relationship was always the communication and
commitment to decide the best for their marriage and family, they were together until the
end of their lives , it was not easy but they worked very hard on that, and I am sure that
like this cases there are many more.

Second, people only focus and discuss about the struggles of intercultural relationship or
marriage but I have found that an intercultural marriage can have lots of benefits but the
most important to me is learning about each other, to be open to learn and respect your
spouse’s culture and embrace it, that’s why many intercultural marriage have years
together and every day build a life together, and feel pride towards being intercultural
couples because they were able to look past their differences and love each other because
that was the reason of being together, the love.
In conclusion, I think intercultural marriage can work and last over the time but couples
need to have an open attitude toward cultural differences and a willingness to
compromise in working in their relationship every day based on love and communication.
The challenges of traveling as a backpacker

Lately there are many people traveling around the world as a backpacker, in my opinion
and a little of my experience I consider, that kind of travels are awesome but it is difficult
too, because have a lot of challenges. By one side it is amazing because you can visit a lot
new places around the world and all the things from this places like culture, food and
meet new people but by the other side the backpacker might face many challenges like
get a hostel, issues with the budget, find the correct ubication of the places they want to
visit, also facing troubles in understanding the local language, costumes about the food. In
addition, not knowing the local currency can be dangerous and make them overpay for
the real price and being scam victims

This formal personal opinion is based in my last experiences as a backpacker, I remember

my last travel to Chile and Argentina, when I arrived to Chile I had to change my dollars to
Chilean pesos to move and a get a hostel, the next step was to make a list with all the
places that I wanted to go and also I asked for suggestions and references of how to take
the public transportation because I was by my own not with tour, in that way I used to use
google map like an orientation tool, when I was looking for an specific street. Was like it
that I could visit a lot of places such as Viña del Mar beach, Valparaiso Port and Santiago
City. Besides that, previous the travel I had to prepare my financial budget in order to
know how much I was able to spend. In Argentina it was pretty much the same steps, so I
want to say since my personal experience is that being a backpacker can be very gratifying
but the process can be hectic and challenging.

Also a month from now, I’II be traveling to Europe as a backpacker too. I will go with
fiends but I am sure that I will have to face many difficulties as train connections, jet lag,
understand the language, currency exchange, location, budget but it will be totally worth
it, because we will be visiting lot of new places, we are going to spending time in many
little towns of Italy for sure and we will get lot of great memories, that I know that at the
end of my trip, I will have enjoyed it very much.

For all of this experiences, my conclusion is that traveling as backpacker is nice, is more
affordable but sacrificed because you don’t have the comforts of a conventional tourist
class trip, which is why people who travel as backpackers must have an adventurous spirit
to overcome the difficulties that may arise along the way.