Nothing like recharching your batteries with a bit of travel. Could be for a week, a month or just a weekend. But there's something about removing yourself from your usual surroundings and diving into the unknown, going for the road less travelled. In a big city, this could even be a trip across town into 'burbs that you've never been to before.
Travel is all about movement and sometimes we have to remind ourselves to keep moving, to charge ahead, to explore, discover, leave our comfort zone and enter the unknown. Speed is not always essential but it sure is fascinating. For example seen in this motion-blurred photo of a Berlin train.
But regardless of speed and distance, each journey begins with the first step. Often, this is memorable and can be frightening too. There's this scene in the first part of The Lord of the Rings when Sam Ganges, upon setting out with Frodo, suddenly stops when they're still in the Shire and says: 'If I take one more step, this will be the furthest I've ever been away from home.' Little did he know what adventures would await him (and how much walking and little food) but for this home-bound little hobbit, this first step must have been the hardest because it meant moving out of familiar surroundings and out of his comfort zone.
How many times do we sit back in our comfortable chair, too tired, scared or simply lazy to embark on a new adventure? After a while, we may feel like we're stuck in the same rut, doing the same things week after week until the next travel provides us with new input, a new way to see the world like through this beautiful old church window.
And sometimes, we do the opposite, keep running from something, visiting one exotic place after the other to keep our mind off what's bothering us at home when we should just relax and reflect for some time. These travertine terraces in Pamukkale, Turkey seem the perfect place to do so. What's your favorite place to unwind?
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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
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