Le Goof. At the Royal Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. 2011.
You. Yes, you. How often to you travel? How often do you make memories?
I am not one of those people who travel every week, or every month, and even annually- although lately, I have been quite fortunate.
What is on your travel bucket list?
I have been to the United States before, but, I have not been to New York, and, particularly, San Francisco. Those are two big cities I would love to bounce around in.
How about Europe? I have gushed about how my trips to Holland and Italy were "the best trips ever". Why even think that anything can top that? Because, well, every trip constitutes a new adventure. The "best" along one avenue can remain along that one road, and not apply to other paths. A vacation in Britain, or a trip to Greece, would be amazing.
What? No witty reparte on a specific travel story? Or facts about a hotspot for tourists? Well, not all travel blog content is cut and dried in that way. This piece is about dreams. Yes, dreaming.
Typically, "dreaming" is frowned about while swimming "with the current". Don't daydream when you're main purpose for the day is to complete a P and L. There is no room for deterrence of focus when need to finish that Powerpoint Presentation.
There is, however, room to imagine dragons, flying elephants, and grandiose palaces when you want to have the BEST VACATION EVER.
Think about how absolutely swimming in ennui Rome would be if all you considered when there are EU Regulations, Economic Standing, and the Foreign Policies of Silvio Berlusconi compared with those of Italy's current Head of State? Nothing is wrong with being bookish about something- so long as you remember how good your Gelato is while you're at it. Savor. Do yourself a favor.
Have you been to Kuala Lumpur? Or to Hong Kong? Those a shopping meccas. Why not just drown in the awesomeness of shopping rather than worrying about making a case for why China shouldn't claim ownership of the Spratlys, or, why Malaysia's economy is this, or that?
Again, I'm not necessarily saying that we can never be "serious" about the more rational rudiments of a certain city, country, or culture. Never ever forget to be a bit of a romantic, though. People never had began to make babies while listening to a State of the Nation Address. For stuff like this, lets face it- there is Marvin Gaye, or, if you're a bit on the angry side, there's Nine Inch Nails, or, Led Zeppelin. You get the picture.
Make memories, not enemies. Gather more and more stories, not embezzled money (yes corrupt politicians, I'm talking to you).
Dream on. And I mean that in a wholly positive way.
MC
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