Sunday, July 18, 2010

Sights versus Experiences

Kristin and Kat will especially appreciate this email. Its about travelling to see stuff, sights/buildings/places versus travelling for experiences.

I travel for experiences. Seeing the tower of London or the Roman Colleseum are cool, and they inspire me to think about history and our origins. But mostly I find myself thinking about how people seem to often travel to see stuff rather than gain experiences.

I travel for experiences. Ya, seeing a sight I've heard about for years on end is cool, but I don't look back on that place years later. From my last trip to Europe I look back at the bottle of wine and baguette that I shared with my friend Jake while overlooking the Eiffel tower or the time Matt and I went to the Heath and layed a scarf out in the tall grass and spent the day snacking and drinking cider from the can.

In my 3 days thus far I love the feeling that I have being back in tis city. I love that after a few hours of museum wandering Jackie and I go find a park to nap in. And last night on our night out in Brick Lane I love that Matt plopped down on the dirty floor in the back garden of a bar and our whole group spent the evening sitting indian style while we drank and talked the night away.

So what this comes down to is that I'll be seeing the sights but for me that's not particularly important (I've told Jackie that ill plan the location and how to get there but as far as the sights its on her to choose those) but the people I'll be reuniting with and the new friends I'll make.

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