There is always the responsibility of representing your nationality when traveling. I think the members of our tour were presentable and defied all negative assumptions about American tourists. Jill Reisner, trombone

Definitely. There is always that connotation that people have when they hear "Americans" and unfortunately, more often than not, it's not a good one. And as a Chinese-American, I felt almost as if I wasn't just representing one country but rather two, so I really tried to watch how I acted and to be respectful. Suzie Li, violin

American's need to understand better that they are part of a world wide community. There is such a rich history in Europe. Kirsten Skabelund, violin