To Travel Is To Live

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Hi Everyone!  For the month of October, we will be focusing on a topic that is close to my heart – travel! 

If you looked at my social media channels, you would know I love to travel.  I have several travel pages listed and I am always checking out travel sites to see what options are out there for my next trip.  I have a severe case of wanderlust right now as I have not been anywhere since my trip to Greece in 2017…it is about that time!

What I love most about travelling is not seeing the many tourist spots in the world…sure I have been to the Eiffel tower and done the bus tours and checked out the souvenir shops…but what I love most is walking on the streets and watching the people around me doing the same things that we do when we are at home – going to work, hanging out with family and friends, going to the beach.  If you know anything about me, I am far more interested in what connects us than how we are different and so I crave the mundaneness of seeing people go about their days – it is wonderful to experience. 

Another aspect of travel I really love is the realization that there is a big world beyond us with billions of people out there!  We can tend to get caught up in ourselves and our own lives and travelling can really banish that self-centredness and help us to focus on what is important.  You may think that when you travel, you learn about others but oftentimes, you are also learning about yourself as well.

Shades readers, where have you traveled to and what did you learn, either about the place you were in, the people you met or even what you learned about yourself?  Please post in the comments. 

Next week, we will share some of our favorite travel memories as well.  Stay tuned and please share us on your social media channels!

Have a great week!