Amish people often ask a lot of questions when you tell them you have visited places overseas. I’ve spent a good bit of time explaining to inquisitive Amish folks how people live in Poland, or what it’s like to climb Mt. Sinai. By the nature of Amish life, Amish mobility is typically more restricted, and many are naturally curious of life outside as a result….
You won’t see too many Old Order Amish in line at the Delta counter. It makes sense to forbid air travel, if one of the main reasons car ownership is off limits is to keep the community tight. Some of the more New Order Amish do allow it, even for vacations, but the only time Old Orders really take to the sky is in an…
‘The typical English guy looks at one of us and just sees an Amish person. Actually there can be a lot of difference.’ So said a Holmes County Amishman, commenting on the diversity in his area. Compared to the Old Order Amish, the so-called New Order Amish are a curious mix–one which we might term technologically more liberal, but in some ways culturally more conservative….