It's the travel bug that wakes up and starts digging tunnels deep inside the head.
The wanderlust grows more strong and maps increase their power of attraction, while memories of old trips and almost forgotten travel mates come to the surface of the mind. New invisible strings start stretching across oceans and continents, pulling you towards countries to which you've never paid any attention before. Curiosity blossoms and a kind of rough impatience falls on you, together with an annoying feeling of being in the wrong place, while lots of stuff is happening somewhere else.
The wanderlust grows more strong and maps increase their power of attraction, while memories of old trips and almost forgotten travel mates come to the surface of the mind. New invisible strings start stretching across oceans and continents, pulling you towards countries to which you've never paid any attention before. Curiosity blossoms and a kind of rough impatience falls on you, together with an annoying feeling of being in the wrong place, while lots of stuff is happening somewhere else.
In those days the eagerness of giving up and leaving everything behind becomes almost overwhelming: the daily routine has no chance against the promise hidden inside a ticket.
Discovering a new flavour; peeking through the outworn curtains of a clattering bus; chatting with someone you'll never meet again - without even asking the name - outside of a service station in the middle of the night. Small events, microscopic details which could be hardly noticed in the usual days become everything during travel time.
"Far away" is always an attractive idea. And a good concept to keep in mind. It's useful to remember that here-and-now is never the only available choice. It helps in giving back to the reality its right weight. The greatness of the world is a good life buoy: it helps in keeping people safe and sane.
Discovering a new flavour; peeking through the outworn curtains of a clattering bus; chatting with someone you'll never meet again - without even asking the name - outside of a service station in the middle of the night. Small events, microscopic details which could be hardly noticed in the usual days become everything during travel time.
"Far away" is always an attractive idea. And a good concept to keep in mind. It's useful to remember that here-and-now is never the only available choice. It helps in giving back to the reality its right weight. The greatness of the world is a good life buoy: it helps in keeping people safe and sane.
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