So this spring break trip is exciting and a little nerve racking at the same time. I'll be traveling largely by myself. On the one hand, this is good because then I can be in complete control of my schedule -- which we all know I love. But on the other hand, I have to be on my game all the time. No following or becoming a baby duck. It takes some extra planning with less figure-it-out-as-I-go, but I have more leniency for random adventures based on what catches my fancy at any particular time.
I've been flipping through my fave travel book, The Art of Travel by Alain DeBotton. Check it out. Seriously, some of the best ideas about space and place and the psychology of traveling that I've ever read -- and it's completely accessibly, so don't be freaked out because it's sometimes categorized as philosophy. I've shared a couple of quotes from it on the main page of this blog, but I thought I'd share a couple more just because I think they're so articulate. Yes, I'm a word-nerd.
"Journeys are the midwives of though. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains." -- I find this one to be especially true. The prospect of travel coupled with confinement to a single seat on a bus or plane creates the perfect milieu for dreaming about what life could be. During a highly transitional phase in my life, that space to create and plan without bounds makes the prospect of growing up less fearsome and more exciting.
I've also been reading a great blog I stumbled upon thanks to CNN -- here are links to their article on the 5 Joys of Traveling Solo and the original blog, Solo Traveler, that inspired it. This woman amazes me. She's not a youngin' afflicted with capricious wanderlust, but a true world traveler who's explored all of the corners of the globe alone. No waiting for others to get in gear and plan a trip -- she just goes and the fluidity of her planning style has led to some really great adventures. Now I just need to find a job that will fiance such excursions and give me the PTO to take them :)
I've been flipping through my fave travel book, The Art of Travel by Alain DeBotton. Check it out. Seriously, some of the best ideas about space and place and the psychology of traveling that I've ever read -- and it's completely accessibly, so don't be freaked out because it's sometimes categorized as philosophy. I've shared a couple of quotes from it on the main page of this blog, but I thought I'd share a couple more just because I think they're so articulate. Yes, I'm a word-nerd.
"Journeys are the midwives of though. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains." -- I find this one to be especially true. The prospect of travel coupled with confinement to a single seat on a bus or plane creates the perfect milieu for dreaming about what life could be. During a highly transitional phase in my life, that space to create and plan without bounds makes the prospect of growing up less fearsome and more exciting.
I've also been reading a great blog I stumbled upon thanks to CNN -- here are links to their article on the 5 Joys of Traveling Solo and the original blog, Solo Traveler, that inspired it. This woman amazes me. She's not a youngin' afflicted with capricious wanderlust, but a true world traveler who's explored all of the corners of the globe alone. No waiting for others to get in gear and plan a trip -- she just goes and the fluidity of her planning style has led to some really great adventures. Now I just need to find a job that will fiance such excursions and give me the PTO to take them :)
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