What would you call a person who moves to one place or country, stays for a few months or so and holds a job, then moves to a different country or place, gets a new job there, etc etc. I've read somewhere about a guy who was frugal with his money and moved from country to country, living in every place he wanted to travel to. And he had a job for as long as he lived there. If he got tired of the job he could quit and move to another country or new atmosphere and find a new job to learn. What would you call a person like this, a nomad, emigrate, something else? What is your opinion of this idea and would you ever consider doing it?
I'm not sure but thats pretty much what I do =/ I return home sometimes to see my family, which is what I'm doing currently for christmas =] I save my money as well so when I am home I can spend like a pro. I like travelling though it gives me a nice boost of inspiration, when I go to america (next year) I'm hoping to get loads of ideas. Excitement isn't even the word
i would say that type of person would be a drifter rather than a gypsy as gypsies can be considered a race of people in some circles especially where I live where we have a large gypsy population so i think drifter is the most appropriate term to describe your character.
nomad gadabout gypsy drifter itinerant globe-trotter world-wanderer all of which probably fit me, since i've been doing that for the past 17 years...i roamed the us and canada for 2 and a half years in an rv, done house and pet-sitting around the world, gone to north and south america on writing gigs, and moved back to the states into a 'home' of my own for the first time in 17 years, only 3 months ago... here's a list of all the places i've been to and lived in, over the past 4 decades [includes my travels during the years before i made myself homeless and possessionless on purpose 17 years ago and became a full-time world-wanderer... sorry for the long post]: Where in the world I’ve been/lived: N. AMERICA US Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Marianas Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming CANADA Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan MEXICO Baja from Tijuana to la Paz Casas Grandes Guaymas Hermosillo Mazatlan Playa del Carmen Puerto Vallarta CARIBBEAN ANTIGUA ARUBA BAHAMAS CAYMAN ISLANDS JAMAICA PUERTO RICO ST. KITTS ST. MARTIN TRINIDAD CENTRAL AMERICA PANAMA Colon SOUTH AMERICA VENEZUELA Caracas COLOMBIA Cartagena Bogota [current location] AFRICA ALGERIA EGYPT MOROCCO MIDDLE EAST ISRAEL JORDAN TURKEY EUROPE AUSTRIA BELGIUM ENGLAND FRANCE GERMANY GIBRALTAR GREECE Athens Delfi Patras Thessaloniki Islands: Corfu Crete Delos Mykonos Naxos Paros Rhodes Samos Santorini ITALY JERSEY LIECHTENSTEIN MONACO NETHERLANDS PORTUGAL SPAIN SWITZERLAND VATICAN CITY [and all countries passed through on Orient Express from Paris to Athens] MEDITERRANEAN CYPRUS MAJORCA MALTA SICILY PACIFIC AUSTRALIA* NEW ZEALAND SAIPAN TINIAN ASIA JAPAN* KOREA* THAILAND [*airports only]
Dang, Mammamaia, that's a huge list of places. I've only been to the following places: England Canada Germany Saudi Arabia Turkey Guam Diego Garcia Azores Spain Hawaii Scotland Mexico Obviously, you've got me beat by a long shot.
i have a hard time believing it myself, bob! when i was in high school and wanted to be a 'stewardess' [as they were called then], so i could travel to europe [to the dismay of the hs counselor who said it would be a waste of my college-level brain!], i couldn't have imagined i'd be gadding all over the globe on my own...
nomad or world-wanderer seems to fit. @ Bob and Mamamaia- OK, I am super jealous! I've only been to Texas, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, New York, and DC. I have never been anywhere else in the USA, much less outside the country. I intend to do one day. Explore Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, etc.
