Travel Quote Tuesday | Jennette McCurdy

One of the reasons I write Kavey Eats is because I love to record and to share my memories; memories of food and travel with all the little details that delighted me at the time, and of course, lots and lots of photographs.

It’s no surprise that we notice so much more when we are travelling – stepping outside of our normal routine, our normal everyday life is bound to make us more alert, more open and eager to see and experience every new thing.

I might find it hard to remember what I had for lunch at yet another day in the office, choosing from the same few places nearby that I always go to, fitting in lunch between the same slew of meetings and tasks that make up most of my working days. Even though I love my work, it’s inevitable that the days blur into each other more often than not.

But ask me what the hot red sand of the Namib desert felt like as I scooped it up and let it run through my fingers. Ask me how the Japanese ladies laughed in delight when they saw my husband who was almost twice their height. Ask me how the ornately shaped bergs with their veins of deep blue compressed ice reflected the sunlight as they slowly turned in the currents of the ocean. Ask me about the smell of penguin poo as I lay flat on my belly on the beach amid a squawking colony of half a million of king penguins. Ask me about the rattle of half-moon wooden jiaobei blocks clattering across the floor of a Taiwanese temple as worshippers asked their questions of Buddha. Ask me why my heart leapt into my mouth and I pulled down on the zipline with all my feeble strength as I hurtled towards the tree trunk in front of my feet. Ask me how the spicy minced lamb wrapped in pastry tasted, served fresh out of the oven at the back of a butcher’s shop in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.

I love this quote by American actress, musician and record producer, Jennette McCurdy. Travel seems to heighten all of my senses and the memories made are so intense.

(c) Kavita Favelle - Jennette McCurdy - Namibia Namib Rand

We first visited Namibia in 2001, and went back again a few years later. The Namib Rand desert captured our hearts, as did the beauty of the Sossusvlei and the haunting loneliness of the dead trees where the water no longer flows.

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45 Comments to "Travel Quote Tuesday | Jennette McCurdy"

  1. kaveyeats

    We have been twice but not for many years, I’d really like to go back soon.

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  2. Céline

    I loved this posts, it is so true. Travelling really makes you enjoy every moment : ) It also sounds like you have some amazing memories to look back on!
    xx
    Céline

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  3. Mariella Molestina

    Love the quote and picture! So very true, while out of your comfort zone, one tends to be more alert and pay attention to the little details. Thanks for reminding of being aware of small details everywhere, even in the city I live in.

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    kaveyeats

    It is lovely when you can bring that level of wonder and intensity of experience to moments in one’s home life too!

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  4. Jill at Reading the Book

    I love the photo – I have such happy memories of Namibia – and also the sentiment of your post. I’d never thought of it like that, but yes, we are so much more present when we travel, so much more aware. I really enjoyed reading this!

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    kaveyeats

    Thank you, yes we have wonderful Namibia memories too. Time for a return visit soon.

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  5. Lucy

    This is so true! Normal life is boring so, our brain chooses to ignore it. Doing something different always makes us alert and hopefully happy. This why I love travelling!

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    kaveyeats

    Yes, I think that’s true. I really like my job and it’s pretty varied day by day, but even then… it’s not like travelling!

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  6. Megan

    “… it tunes in more acutely and remembers better.” I love that! I absolutely think that is true. I think that’s why, when I travel, I try to involve all the senses. Tasting foods, seeking out beautiful vistas, running my hands over the old stone rails… it’s like our minds just soak up that information. Beautiful reflection.

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    kaveyeats

    Yes, absolutely know what you mean, so good to get the other senses involved too as you lock away those wonderful memories!

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  7. Emily

    Love that quote! Sounds like you have some pretty great memories; it’s amazing how we’re able to recall more when we’re out of our comfort zone!

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    kaveyeats

    I have collected many wonderful ones but always yearning for more!

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  8. Ana Ro

    I love the quote and the picture! I think they go really well together. And you are absolutely right about the memory, mine works the same.

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  9. Daniela || Ipanema travels to

    Travel memories are so vivid, as if each second remains captured in your brain!

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  10. Fiona Maclean

    Travel, food and music all have the same impact on me. I was at Glydebourne this week and my companion was amazed that I could remember the detail of the first opera I ever saw with him. Equally, I can remember the sounds and smells of the Chinese market in Ipoh when I was 5, the Libyan desert when I was 17 and several of the meals I ate when staying with a French family in my teens. It’s that heightened sensibility that comes from passion I think?

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  11. Barb

    I loved the collection of memories you listed above. It sounds like you have seen some incredible places around the World. Lucky you! I would love to go to Beirut and Namibia too.

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  12. Eric || The Bucket List Project

    Great quote! I couldn’t agree more. I think the reason why we remember details of our travels is because as we grow older we tend to stop learning and growing. However, while travelling we are seeing many things for the very first time. Our senses are having brand new experiences thus Learning. I think this is the key to life…always find purpose…Always learn!

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    kaveyeats

    Yes I think there’s a lot of truth in that. I like to keep the learning alive even at home, new skills and new interests… That helps!

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  13. Kasia

    Beautiful quote. I love to travel and for me it’s whole my life. I love the feeling of discovering some new places 🙂 I hope that one day I will be able to create my own quotes! 🙂
    Best,
    Kasia

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  14. Jen Joslin

    I loved reading this! You are absolutely right that travel heightens our senses and makes us more aware. I never feel more alive than when I’m experiencing something or somewhere new. Cheers to lots more travel to come!

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  15. amit

    Great qoute 😀 -When we live our everyday lives our brains run in auto, it doesn’t have to do much thinking, it doesn’t have to absorb anything in so the day goes by in a blur. However when we’re traveling the brain engages because it’s new things we are seeing, doing, touching, tasting. The brain starts to absorb it D:

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    kaveyeats

    Absolutely, it’s hard not to go into Auto mode for some of our daily lives!

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  16. Rhonda Albom

    I love thinking back on all of my travelling memories. There’s something incredible about having so many memories that are all so different yet equally wonderful.

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  17. Darlene | PS+W

    This is so spot on and I can so relate to this lately. My days lately blur into one another and I can hardly remember the mundane stuff. But my travel memories are still so vivid thank goodness!

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  18. Suruchi

    I loved the quote and the picture. Very well said it tunes in more acutely and you remember well. Travel is actually an experience and a lesson. Each thing we see raises our senses and even the minutest things get imbibed in us. Lovely!

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  19. Ryazan

    What a lovely message. Travel is the best way to learn, experience and appreciate the beauty of the world. It is something that will definitely be treasured forever.

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