大陆游学的旅行者们通常是一个在希腊和拉丁文学方面有扎实基础的年轻人，又有一定的闲暇时间、财富，且对艺术有一些兴趣。
The Grand Tourist was typically a young man with a thorough grounding in Greek and Latin literature as well as some leisure time, some means, and some interest in art.
于是，大陆游学的想法就此诞生了，在接下来的300年里，游学旅行将英国人、德国人、斯堪的纳维亚人，还有美国人带到了法国和意大利，让他们接触到了那里的艺术和文化。
Thus was born the idea of the Grand Tour, a practice which introduced Englishmen, Germans, Scandinavians, and also Americans to the art and culture of France and Italy for the next 300 years.
大陆游学被视为是贵族青年教育的必经阶段，为英国上层社会普遍接受；
The Grand Tour was convinced to be an indisipensable form of education for young noble and popular in the higher ranks of society.
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