| Whether you are an adventurous traveler who scales | | | | others can walk for miles without a break. After |
| mountains and hikes | | | | spending a week in France |
| through jungles or you are a lover of creature | | | | looking at buildings designed by the architect |
| comforts who lives for five star | | | | Corbusier, I finally rented a car |
| hotels, travel will teach you some of life's great | | | | and went to San Tropez. Everyone was happier |
| lessons. It does not matter | | | | after that. |
| if you were born a beach bum or are an art | | | | Rain is beautiful too: The sun does not have to shine |
| enthusiast travel will enrich your | | | | to make a place |
| life. | | | | beautiful; standing in the rain in a rain forest is as |
| Whether you prefer traveling in groups or going it | | | | beautiful as sitting in |
| alone, if you are a | | | | the sun in Portofino. |
| planner or spontaneous your life will benefit by | | | | Beauty is all around you, just look and see: Treat |
| traveling away from what you | | | | yourself to the |
| know. You don't have to go far, you may or may not | | | | colors in the landscape in New Mexico and the lack of |
| cross oceans, take a plane, | | | | contrast between the |
| train or car the important thing is that you explore the | | | | water, ice and landscape on a cloudy day in |
| world outside of your | | | | Newfoundland. |
| community. | | | | New York City is not the US, Paris is not France: You |
| What will you discover? | | | | learn not to |
| Look at the familiar through new eyes: Travel to a | | | | judge a country by one city - New York City is not |
| place you know well | | | | representative of the United |
| with someone who has never been there before. On | | | | States and Paris is not representative of France. |
| a trip to Pittsburgh, where I | | | | Old is a state of mind: In some countries old is |
| grew up, my niece and her boyfriend showed me a | | | | measured in thousands |
| city full of unique and charming | | | | of years in other countries it is measured in hundreds |
| old neighborhoods, museums dedicated to things such | | | | of years. In people, old |
| as ketchup, Andy Warhol and | | | | is a state of mind, if you are young look around you at |
| the birth of the labor movement. I also saw that the | | | | older travelers who are |
| view of the three rivers | | | | walking the same paths as you only with canes and |
| from Mount Washington is as beautiful as any large | | | | walking sticks often with a |
| city vista. | | | | smile on their face. |
| We are small: Walk through the redwood forests in | | | | When disaster strikes: Traveling makes you feel |
| California or hike | | | | empathy when disaster |
| through Rocky Mountain National Park and you will | | | | strikes. How many people cried after Hurricane |
| discover just how small we | | | | Katrina remembering the people |
| are. | | | | they had met in New Orleans or Biloxi? The tourist |
| There are more similarities than differences: Stand on | | | | trade helped revive the |
| the shore | | | | economy of Southeast Asia after the tsunami hit in |
| in Nova Scotia, Canada and then the coast of Brittany | | | | 2004. |
| in France you will notice | | | | Imagine: Take a break and imagine what daily life is |
| the similarities in the landscape and the people even | | | | like in the place |
| though these two places | | | | you are visiting, and then think of what it was like a |
| are separated by an ocean. | | | | hundred years ago or a |
| You can be someone else: I have had people think I | | | | thousand years ago. |
| was Dutch in Lucca, | | | | If someone asks you to sing then sing!: Step outside |
| Italy and Quito Ecuador, French in Venice and German | | | | your comfort |
| in Rome. In fact the only | | | | zone, try to speak the language, if people are singing |
| place people absolutely know that I am American is in | | | | join in. |
| Canada. It is fun to play | | | | Smiles translate: If in doubt smile, they mean the same |
| along and see where it takes you. | | | | thing in every |
| Food can be part of your adventure: You will find that | | | | language. Chances are you will be rewarded with a |
| pretty food is | | | | smile in return. |
| not always good and ugly food is not always bad. It is | | | | No amount of reading books, watching TV or listening |
| not the wine that is | | | | to music can replace the |
| important it is the new and old friends that you share | | | | experience of getting up off your couch and going to |
| it with that is | | | | see it all for yourself. |
| important. | | | | You will never look at the world in the same way |
| You can be happier if you strike out on your own: If | | | | again.Travel author Jackie Willey enjoys discovering |
| you are traveling | | | | fun places to visit that many tourists miss. Subscribe to |
| with a group you do not need to do everything your | | | | her blog mailing list at Amore |
| companions do. Some people | | | | Travel Guides and Discover Walking |
| have an amazing capacity for art museums, others | | | | for more free information. |
| prefer churches and still | | | | |