It is a privilege, to travel for pleasure. It’s not for everyone and not everyone can consider packing up and getting away for a while. We travel from time to time and these are some observations about before, during and after being away:
- Before we go away I do all manner of things unrelated to preparing to go away. It seems I want to run myself short of packing time…and I usually do. I do it every time we go away and cannot seem to help myself. Any suggestions to break this very inefficient behaviour?
- While getting ready to go I think of all the things I’d do if I stayed home. I would clean and purge those basement shelves that have set there un-purged for a long time. I would organize that stationery drawer and the linen closet if I stayed home.
- If you order a salad in a restaurant and two bites in you discover a long hair is part of the repast, two things happen. First your appetite diminishes substantially and second your meal becomes more economical as the manager “comps” it. I’d prefer really to just pay for it and not find the hair.
- Audiobooks are a very good way to pass time in the car. Providing the subject is of interest to everyone in the car.
- When arriving in new city on a happening Friday, don’t wait till 7pm to try to find a place to eat. It is the time when everyone else is looking to do the same thing. Driving around from place to place doesn’t work.
Do you have gems of travel wisdom to share with someone (me) who obviously could use them?
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