Did I say that out loud? I
made the decision last year to take two years out of my travel plans in order
to concentrate on my sustainable farm. I
have exciting things on the agenda but every day or so I get a tweet, a Facebook
note or a hideously descriptive blog about my nephew’s travel adventures
overseas. I say hideously descriptive
because I find myself living vicariously through his writings of exotic and
colourful places.
For someone who is supposed to be teaching a high level curriculum
at a high end school I jealously question “just how many days to you teach”? It takes some time to get it through my head
that so many “foreign” countries are a mere hop, skip and jump away from Dubai
and so it is easy to take a long weekend in Beirut, Oman, Lebanon and even
Italy. Okay, I say sulkily, fine. Have fun, begrudgingly.
Travel is an eye opener for anyone who really cares to look and
wonder instead of just feeling in the moment (although there isn’t anything wrong
with that either as there is almost nothing better than laying on a beach
hearing the sound of warm water rippling in from the sea). Hearing the stories of people from other
countries is also very rewarding whether their perspective is biased or not, it
is someone else’s. Asking questions is a
wonderful gift to have and our Junior has this in spades. Then we get to live through his experiences
via his travel blog. It’s the next best
thing to being there . . . I guess.
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