Life Lessons While Traveling
There are several that come to mind in my years of traveling!
Ireland: Life can run as a slower, easier pace. Compared to
the U.S.A., life is less hectic. being the hurried tourist from
the U.S.A., typical directions I received while driving through
Ireland were as follows, and I quote, "You see that road down
there? Well, don't take that one; it will do you no good!"
Take the road less traveled; you'll see more (besides, in
Ireland, when you take a wrong turn, there's no such thing as
going around the block to correct the wrong turn. But you see
so much more of the untouristed countryside that way!!)
Morocco: Every American should visit Tangier, Morocco, to
realize what a cushy, easy, materialistic life they have. We are
so consumer-oriented compared to people who have next to
nothing. We really do not need as much as we think we need.
East Germany: Berlin and the former East Block countries were
an eye-opener. The giant Soviet bear fell, along with the wall
(as well as many humans trying to get out of the German gulag:
to see the crosses at the barbed wire wall at the Reichstag was
intense. Auschwitz was even worse.)
Rudy, there is a lot of beauty (and evil) in the world, and I've
discovered a lot of it. Traveling has provided many lessons.
St. Augustine said, "Life is a book and those who do not travel,
read only a page." Knowledge is a personal journey; learning is
a lifelong quest.
Julie
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