I love your travel mad lib -- "Madrid was (adjective). I like the (favorite noun) and the (another noun). If you go there you should try (active verb that ends in -ing)." LOL! The irony is that sometimes this is all I can come up with myself, because those aspects of traveling that are most meaningful to me are most difficult to put into words. So thank you for putting your travels into words so skillfully! :)
christine, i can totally relate to the jolt of culture shock you get upon returning to the states after a long time away. i've been traveling since january and recenty returned to stay with my parents in hawaii. i stopped along the way in the mainland US, so coming back to hawaii sort of does seem like a different country because the culture is so different. it makes me look at my own culture with a fresh perspective.
i also loved your idea of NaTraWriMo in August. i had just taken a month-long travel writing workshop in July, so it came at the perfect time for me. i'd like to say i submitted something every day, but i found it hard to keep up my discipline while still traveling! always a work in progress...
love your blog, love your photos, and thank you for inspiring me to continue writing and traveling. =)
Christine: Better you than me. After nearly 4 years in Asian I am too spoiled to ever return to North America. I'm afraid to even try. Maybe I'll pump myself and try briefly next summer. The idea of a decent pizza is appealing, though.
Oh, dryers. We have dryers here in Stockholm. I had a dryer in Germany. I had a dryer in Greece. But none of them, none I tell you, worked. They spun and they spun and they spun, and then my clothes came out still wet. And when eventually they would dry---after eternal spinning or being hung to dry---they would be crunchy. I completely feel you on this one. It's funny what you miss the most. And why working dryers have not yet made it to the rest of the world is just incomprehensible.
Tanya
· 1 year ago
American clothes dryers are heaven, pure and simple.
Waking up on another continent is nice, just as long as it isn`t the one you live in. Or maybe with this cold I`m developing I might want to change my mind...
I remember once coming home from a month-long camping trip through the national parks of Utah, walking into my house, and feeling like a giant. Everything looked so small. It was kind of like the disorientation you feel when you first step off a treadmill.
Fall in New England. Beautiful. I love apple picking. Mexico will be different than Madrid and Vermont. Life is surreal.
NewWrldYankee
· 1 year ago
Going back to America after being in Europe for so long will be strange for me as well. The funniest thing is, I do get off the plane and look around and think, "Whoa, people are fatter here!" It is so true. When I go home, I also stock up on beauty products, and somehow I love watching commercials. I don't have English TV here, so sometimes I just want to sit there and watch whatever is on - and know that I will understand it all. =)
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i also loved your idea of NaTraWriMo in August. i had just taken a month-long travel writing workshop in July, so it came at the perfect time for me. i'd like to say i submitted something every day, but i found it hard to keep up my discipline while still traveling! always a work in progress...
love your blog, love your photos, and thank you for inspiring me to continue writing and traveling. =)
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Personally, I love this time of year and the picture you painted sounds like my parents house in the fall.
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I remember once coming home from a month-long camping trip through the national parks of Utah, walking into my house, and feeling like a giant. Everything looked so small. It was kind of like the disorientation you feel when you first step off a treadmill.
Looking forward to Mexico!
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