Oceanic Tours

The first group of tourists from technologically advanced America to relatively ancient Castile brings with them a wave of culture shock, unfamiliar customs, unexpected challenges, and a realization of how much the technology they left behind contributed to daily conveniences. Everything from clothes, cities, people, animals, even food is entirely foreign. That's what they came for, and that's also what challenges them.

The nobles traveling to America have plenty of shocks and challenges of their own. While the advanced technology amazes them more and more every day, the comforts they left behind in their own world are sorely missed. Instead of their large estates they are in hotel rooms. Instead of a full personal staff attending to their every need, they must now rely on the limited services provided by the hotel. Instead of being recognized as superior everywhere they go, they are treated like any other person. They were warned, but the warning didn't do justice to the reality.

Were these two trips successful, or were the difference too much to justify further exchanges? Did the Americans disrupt Castilian lives? Were the nobles able to accept their treatment in America? Was their exposure to infidels too much for the royals to risk?

Enjoy the trips and explore these questions.