Tweets from Last Night - Travel Firsts

The first #TNI in 2012 was all about Travel Firsts. Last night travelers from around the globe relived their first time they fell in love with travel on Travelers' Night In #TNI. Read on to find out the first cities they love, places they have to revisit, and the first breath taking place. Warning: your travel bucket list is about to get a little longer!

Q1. When did you first realize that you really, really loved travel?  

• When I landed in Nairobi last February. The travel bug bit me BAD   ViewOnTravel
•  I always knew I wanted to travel, from watching 'Wild Kingdom' on TV as a kid! But got hooked in Madagascar. redhunttravel
• When I went on my first holiday without my parents aged 18 - to Morocco. It woke something within me that hasn't gone away! katyabroad
• Everytime I step out of the door to start a new adventure, the excitement reminds me how much I love travel   MalloryOnTravel
• My parents were "stewardess" & pilot so I was born traveling. They have the bug and I inherited it! TravelMaestro

Q2. First time you saw the ocean? Thoughts?   

• When I was a baby (I was born in Lisbon, Portugal) and we lived in Cascais by the ocean (lucky me) Xplore724
• Beaches in #Florida! It was magical...until water got in my mouth :( MVluxuryhotels
• I was 17 & it was in Acapulco! Can you believe it? We were a mountain family. I thought, "I wonder what's in there." L_e_a_h

Q3. City that was your first love? Why?  

• City that was your first love? Why?   Dublin, friendly people, good for walking, charming Georgian bldgs instead of skyscrapers. jbranigan
• The city that was my first love is Bayonne/Biarritz in France. If I were a millionaire, I'd have a second home there!   RachelChaikof
• Without a doubt...PARIS, because you can stand on the Champs Elysees and feel all the history!   ZipSetAndrea
• It has to be #Philadelphia. First US city I visited in 70s & place where I met the mother of my 6 children! Padraicino

Philadelphia City Hall

Q4. Where was your first international adventure? Business or pleasure?  

• oh wait. Am I supposed to admit over the border jaunts to Tijuana in highschool?   @kymri
• went to the US west coast when I was 3. Was kidnapped by King Kong at Universal Studio but eventually made it back to Paris   Hejorama
• Hungary and Czechoslovakia behind the Iron Curtain when I was 16. DoriTravel
•  Brittany, France, aged 2. Definitely business. I took my sandcastle-building projects very seriously indeed. katyabroad

Q5. First place you loved so much you had to go back? Why?  

• Nicaragua, Nicaragua, y #Nicaragua, been back 20 times tranquilotravel
• Ireland. I visited 11 times before I finally just moved there HillaryMcN
• Tuscany - the countryside so compelling. As a photog, I had to go back, and back, and... BJannsenPhoto

Siena, Italy

•  My new muse is #Antarctica. I MUST get back to her. MarkVogler

Q6. First encounter with something bigger than life?  

• Driving down PAcific Coast highway in Cali with my best friend. No agenda!!! it was life changing for both of us!! Aireslibre
• A 485' deep pit I discovered while exploring an underwater cave in the Yucatan LocoGringoCom
• The sequoia trees in #Yosemite National Park. Talk about massive! MVluxuryhotels
• Pyramids, that took our breathe away NewYorkHabitat
• First trip to NYC when I was 12. Shocked. Amazed. Enthralled. Horrified. SkierGrrl

New York City

Q7. First thing that ever took your breath away?   

• Cinque Terre - amazing! BJannsenPhoto
• Skydiving in NZ. The fear literally took my breath away LindsayTessis
• One word. Stonehenge. energy alone was enough to take my breath away. Jetsetterdotcom
• So many I can't remember first. Maybe seeing massive herds of wild animals on the Serengeti familyonbikes
• The Taj Mahal at dawn, midday, and in full moonlight. Simply stunning ApproachGuides
• Roman Colloseum in the rain. kasiainparis

Snowmobiling at 14,000ft

Q8. First hard lesson you learned while on the road?   

• Wear good walking shoes! UGH!!! DubeTravel
• That there's never enough time to see everything :( FrenchTwistDC
• Traveling only makes the travel bug worse CNTraveler
• The exchange rate will NEVER be in your favor, just suck it up & enjoy wherever you are! WeekendInParis

Q9. First time out of your comfort zone while traveling?  

• oddly, in Amsterdam... I am not really a party animal it turns out. Lol KatrinaMauro
• First time out of your comfort zone while traveling?   (16 years old, going to London all alone for a few months with no game plan) flyingwithfish
• Try to get out of my comfort zone every time I travel. Isn't that what it's all about? Doing things that are different/unfamiliar? GeneralTours
• First time out of my comfort zone traveling was 1st trip to NYC. So thrilling I decided to move there. Trip backfired on folks! LolaDiMarco
• Japan, but I loved every minute of it! FareBuzz
• At age of 18 i moved to the virgin islands with $300 and slept on a beach for a month. It was breathtaking EndlessWeekend

Q10. First place that compelled you to stay out all night?  

• Am I the only one that gets acclimated to a destination by hitting the bars? Stay out all night EVERYWHERE, at least once. FreakOutOfTown
• Feeling amongst my own with all the New Orleans responses. Now craving a hurricane dianalynnnguyen
• First place that compelled you to stay out all night? Mudd Club - New York City 1979 at peak of its notoriety RobertKCole

A huge thank you to Aireslibre and Jetsetfarryn for hosting. Also to first time #TNI hosts jetsettterdotcom and marisagreen!

Join us next Thursday at 3:30ET for Time Travel #TNI!