A widespread opinion is that if you have been around a lot, seen and experienced a lot, you are supposedly much more flexible, much more open to the world, more understanding, more accepting and whatever other clichés. With me it is exactly the opposite. My life-experiences have caused me to become much more inflexible. I’m… Read More Open-minded traveler?
Walking through the campsite seeing with curiosity all the campers as they sit there in front of their super-modern, super shiny motor-homes, table and chairs outside on the fold-able outdoor carpet, a glass of rosè in hand, watching their neighbors who sit 2 meters away, doing exactly the same. Dusk approaching they go inside to… Read More Modern Day RV adventurers
The star-radio-host broadcasts his unfunny, dull nonsense, and since he is not supposed to laugh at his own (so called) funny expressions , one or two people are set to his side to laugh about his jokes in the background. Common in the US, does not work in Europe.
If you travel extensively eventually you reach a point where you have seen almost everything at least once. Waterfalls from large to small, dashing down into all sorts of landscapes, you have climbed mountains and volcanoes, hiked through Jungles, deserts, steppes, glaciers, entered caves, lived in villages and mega-cities, you have shopped in markets of… Read More The search for the new, the never before seen
Living in a hotel for a few weeks I see many people coming and going. Mostly young couples from Europe or middle aged Russian couples. Most stay 1 – 2 nights, rarely a week. What strikes me is that hardly anyone can barely open their mouths to greet each other, let alone be interested in… Read More fellow vacationers
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