Lately I've been hearing a lot about travel, usually meaning coach tour tourism, from people who love it, good for them, and are quite rude about people who don't, not so good for them.
I've had to travel a lot for work and life, and find it tiring and disturbing, not fun and games. It's not related to vacation, really. Some of my best trips have been to familiar local places which don't yield exciting stamps on my passport.
The travel I love is the interior kind, from making, creating, thinking, reading, paying attention to the lives of other people. It's not about throwing your body around then boring your friends rigid with accounts of holdups in airports, ripoffs conducted in foreign languages, total mileages, you know these well enough to set them to music!
One of my friends who'd traveled in the form of staying long enough to pay rent, receive mail and make friends -- it helps if your job is portable like this -- used to say she didn't count it as travel unless you had a street address, not the American Express office, for mail delivery, an interesting definition.
So this is where I am this mild rainy Sunday.
In other news, I find that the second spiral sock, several inches of which is done
Travel is a chore. It’s the destination that’s great.
ReplyDeleteYou're talking about traveling. I'm talking about travel, ie tourism. I'm thinking lightning and the lightning bug!
DeleteMy international travel days are over due to increasingly limited mobility, but I'm okay with that. Thank goodness I traveled when I did and saw some special places and things 10-20 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you had a mobility problem. Sorry to hear that.
DeleteI have lost the urge to travel. Our day excursions around the island are wonderful. Have a great week, Boud.
ReplyDeleteAnd you share them, thank you.
DeleteI travelled as a kid and into my twenties. Like you, my current travels are of the interior kind and that is fine by me.
ReplyDeleteYes, you've been around. I wonder if you'll write more about it?
DeleteGood point. When the body can't travel or doesn't want to, the mind can.
ReplyDeleteDingdingding, we have a winner!
DeleteI have friends who travel ALL THE TIME! Almost always by cruise ships although in very different places. They are on a ship to Alaska right now. They just love that lifestyle. It would be a nightmare for me but I do enjoy seeing the pictures they post online.
ReplyDeleteI have had cruise mad friends, too. Including an old couple who were quite upset about the big waves and howling winds on one cruise. In the Baltic. In November. They walk among us!
DeleteI was going to choose door #3. I don't understand the allure of cruises. Large city encased in a massive ship. I also travelled as a kid and a young adult. Then I got immersed in horses. There was some travel involved with that, but no ships!
ReplyDeleteHorses and ships are a tricky combo! Door #3 seems to be working acceptably.
DeleteMy children tend to wear odd socks out of choice so 'sell' it as that?
ReplyDeleteThese are homeless adults. I send them the best I can do. They've been fobbed off all their lives with seconds. Hence my concern about quality, comfort, all that. I am guessing you forgot it was the knitting ministry. It's all good.
Deletewhat David said. if I could just transport myself there are many places I'd like to go and experience.
ReplyDeleteRead my reply to David.
DeleteWell, I wish I'd read that bit about the Florida Supreme Court justices before I cast my ballot, but oh well. (I skipped the judicial races since I knew nothing about any of the judges in question.) Some people are just not travelers. I like traveling but in moderation -- I can see how it would get old, especially if you do (or did) it a lot for work.
ReplyDeleteI was afraid expats might not be up to speed on the judges. But let's hope we catch some people. Traveling for work as I did, out of state three and four times a month, criss crossing the country, ruled it out as fun! Likewise working in public television is why I haven't owned a set in donkeys' years.
DeleteMake socks that sort of match if they are for you.
ReplyDeleteMy travel is extensive via PBS viewing.
Read my reply to Liz.
ReplyDeleteI like to travel or used to. I've done a little bit and found it fun to be stuck in airports with flights cancelled or not connecting. [Kidding]
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I'd do group travel like a cruise or bus thing. Too constrictive. Though I've looked into some hiking travels through REI and they look pretty interesting. One...day!
Walking tours look interesting, so maybe they'll be in your future.
DeleteI love your concept of interior travel - - it can often be more satisfying than being out and about.
ReplyDeleteYou're doing quite a bit of it yourself these days.
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