“A bend in the road, is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn.” ~ Helen Keller More of an observation on life than specific to travel, this one, but I’ve often found it applies even more so when you are away from home, exploring somewhere unfamiliar. In that situation, ... Read more »
“If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me? Will the air over the plain quiver with a color that I have had on, ... Read more »
“How do the geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans, know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within, if only we would listen to it, that tells us so certainly when to go forth into the unknown.” ~ Elizabeth Kübler-Ross ... Read more »
“Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have.” ~ Viggo Mortensen Maybe I’m feeling a little old at the moment, sharing ... Read more »
“Being able to travel and see the world really makes me appreciate the blessings in my life. There are so many people that will never get a chance to see some of the things that I’ve seen during my travels. I’ll never take that for granted.” ~ Laz Alonso I’ve been travelling all my life, nearly ... Read more »
“Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your understanding of yourself and your own culture will increase exponentially.” ~ Tom Freston I’m a huge proponent of travelling – it’s not only fun and exciting and a break from one’s daily ... Read more »
“I want to hang a map of the world in my house, and then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first I’m gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won’t fall down.” ~ Mitch Hedberg I love seeing maps that show all ... Read more »
“You would have to tie me to a tree to stop me travelling. I don’t know where to go next. As I get older and travel more, the world seems to open up to me, beckoning me and whispering in my ear saying ‘Go’.” ~ Joanna Lumley When I read this quote by the lovely Joanna ... Read more »
“Looking back I can see that there have been no breaks from one departure to the next; I start planning again before we’ve even arrived back home.” ~ Barbara Hodgson I’m definitely a travel planner! I can easily spend several months researching, planning and fine-tuning a trip – everything from reading up on a place’s history ... Read more »
“Seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes – some half-forgotten nook, hidden away by the fairies, out of reach of the noisy world – some quaint-perched eyrie on the cliffs of Time, from whence the surging waves of the nineteenth ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]