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Quoting Jericko1:

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Europeans are so lucky to have so many countries so clouse to them.

I don't know if we're lucky but it's true that we can easily go to another country.

Funny (true) story: first time my wife was in Belgium with me, we were staying with my parents living in Belgium, at 6 km from the French border. So we went to visit the north of France and when we crossed the border by car, I told her: "We're in France, now, honey". Now, you have to keep in mind she's Japanese and as such was used to living on an island. Going abroad for her means to step into an airplane (which is why one of the Japanese words for 'abroad' is 'kaigai', literally meaning 'overseas').

Anyway, the amazement could literally be read on her face that we crossed the border this easily. Especially since the EU, there are no custom offices or checkpoints anymore so it looked just like a normal straight road. For kicks, I stopped the car and let her cross back and forward between the two countries by foot. She was so amazed that after we got back home, she immediately emailed her experience to her friends and family. Even up to this day, she still talks about what an amazing first experience that was for her.

It was also hard to make her understand the concept of 'no-man's land'. There's a small stroke of land between the two borders that is neither France nor Belgium. In Japan, matters are simple: there's Japan, a group of islands and the sea is the natural border. They don't have no-man's lands there. Making her understand that there was a tiny piece of land that didn't belong to any country was another moment of amazement for her.

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But I lived in Texas from 1970 to 1974!

Does that count?