Something New

I’m putting my blog through a make-over. I won’t be just recapping a daily schedule or sights that I see, I find it boring. It’s boring to write about and it’s boring to read. And then when I fall behind it’s hard to catch up and I feel like I’m writing a textbook instead of personalizing my stories.

What inspired me to switch it up? Well for one I’m a person who grows tired of routines very quickly. And secondly over my spring break in Italy I traveled some by myself and it really helped me pin down what exactly I love about traveling. This will allow me to write about whatever I’m thinking at the time and I won’t worry about leaving certain things out anymore. Is it somewhat taking the easy way out and being lazy? Yes… because I could just right about everything, but then again I probably wouldn’t have a life if I did that and eventually I wouldn’t have anything to write about anymore haha.

So let’s focus on something else shall we?

Let me just start by saying the biggest reason I love traveling is not sightseeing. It’s not the places with the coolest buildings or most things to do that capture my heart. It is the people I meet and the experiences I have that I will never forget. Travel teaches me about life- more specifically, about people.

After all, what is life? Life is people. If I woke up one day and decided not to interact with anyone anymore I would literally not be able to leave my room. Everything that we do is affected by other people- even necessities like eating and drinking. Meeting new people is essential to living and learning. Don’t get me wrong- I know that I can meet new people at home too. But travel is a great doorway to meeting people from all walks of life and every culture on earth- seeing the differences, and realizing how similar all people really are.

That’s not to say that I won’t include sites and places in my stories. They are important as well, I find their importance mostly in the history behind them and if I learn something from them. So I will include them, just for a different purpose.

This is the start of something new. I hope by relating my observations about life in my travels, experiences, and people I meet, that other people will take something away from it too. If not then oh well… at least it should be more entertaining.

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~ by Anna on April 16, 2010.