March 31, 2003
What are your travel dreams?
When I start meeting people this summer, talking with them, something I'm thinking of asking them is:
"What are your travel dreams?"
What will people say? How literally will they take the question? How figuratively? Does "dream" have different connotations in Romanian or French or Czech, than it does in English? What are their own words for the same thing, for the same concept or group of concepts? What do they dream? What do I?
This trip is a dream come true for me. Four months in Europe, traveling, writing, meeting new people, making new friends (and reconnecting with more than a few old ones). Getting on the road again. Facing new challenges. Breaking out of routine. Traveling like I've never traveled before. Learning so much, about life, about travel and people, about myself, about whatever the world puts in front of me.
A dream come true. I wonder, as I type this, how many people reading this have traveled. How many read this and feel their own dreams turning inside them? Where do they want to go? What do they want to do? What would it take for them to make their own dream come true? Do they believe they can make their travel dreams come true?
I wish I had more conclusive answers to the questions of my own dreams. I wish I could take a sheet of paper and map out my dream, and the process of its realization. But then again I don't, and I'm glad I can't. Do I know my destinations? More or less. But I don't know the journey, and I won't until I've lived it.
That's travel. That's dreams. That's life.
That's this trip.
What's my travel dream?
To get out there again, to get out there like I've never gone before. To see Europe. To make new friends. To help BootsnAll. To know how vividly I'm making my dream of travel, of writing, come true. To see what new dreams come, once one comes true.
Posted by Ant at 06:42 PM
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Comment by Jim Humberd on April 1, 2003 04:13 PM
Bootsnal hosted site!!
Come on, you must at least read the books advertised on your site. Everyone loves them but the people at Boots.
If you are going to France, Germany, or Italy, my books will tell you about the interesting things you will see, and the fascinating people you will meet during your travels.
If you like, I will Email a summary of my books, that I call "Vignettes." There are a few sentences selected from each chapter. About 10 books size pages per book.
Jim
Comment by Jim Humberd on April 1, 2003 04:21 PM
Forgot to include the following:
In the RV our clothes are on a hanger, there are goodies in the refrigerator; and we know who used the toilet last.
We travel with the concept that if we have no schedule, we aren't late; if we don't care where we are, we aren't lost; if we have no itinerary we're exactly where we ought to be; if we can see IT this trip, we'll see IT next time.
And remember; It is amazing how many stupid, ignorant, inefficient people you will meet when you are in a bad mood.
Jim
Comment by Anthony on April 1, 2003 05:06 PM
Jim,
Thanks for the comments mate. Look, I appreciate what you're saying, and I know how much you love RV travel, but RVs aren't the only way to get around.
For this trip, the guys and I decided that we wanted me to be on the train. It's another awesome way to go, and a lot of travelers, especially a lot of travelers on BootsnAll, like to get around via the rails.
It's something I've always wanted to do as well. I want to haul my pack around and see if there's space on a train. I want to stay in random hostels and see what happens both good and bad. I want to spend my travel money on beer, not a loan for an RV.
I totally respect that RV'ing is a good way to go, but I hope you remember that Eurailing is a good way to go as well, and it is something that many, many other travelers love to do - including this one.
Comment by SUE BOWLIN on October 24, 2003 03:11 PM
LOOKING FOR FAX FOR MIKE MCNEAL FROM ROGER
330-468-0814 FAX #
CATHAY AIRLINES
LOS ANGLES 2/2/04 11:55
TO HOUG KONG THEN ON TO SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
RETURN 4/28/04
ITS BEEN 3 DAYS AND MIKE WOULD REALLY LIKE SOMETHING IN PRINT
Comment by CANADIAN PHARMACY on December 2, 2003 07:59 AM
nice!