"I am not much an advocate for traveling, and I observe that men run away to other countries because they are not good in their own, and run back to their own because they pass for nothing in the new places. For the most part, only the light characters travel. Who are you that have no task to keep you at home?"
It is us, Emerson. It is us. (or is that, "It is we"?)
Whoever it is, we'll keep running away to other countries as long as we may. We started planning our trip to Greece in earnest. By which I meant-tersay, we went to the library tonight and borrowed some books about Greece and now Briton is skimming through a book on mountaineering (not in Greece) and I just finished skimming a book on kid-friendly places to visit in Portland. Greece, ready or not, here we come! Because we ain't got no task to keep us at home.
I think our lack of anxiety about planning our trip stems from the success of one of our most favorite vacations. We arrived in Belize a couple years ago with a very general itinerary. We walked out of the airport and said, "Now what?" A guy offered us a ride from his friend, who would be arriving shortly in his truck. We accepted, having decided that their destination sounded just as good as anywhere else. Plus, the ride was free.
There began our 10-day-ish journey of supreme luck and odd adventure: camping with roosters; watching the morning mist rise from the ruins of Tikal; tubing in the National Jaguar Reserve, canoeing through a cave where ancient human skulls were "naturally" displayed; riding a jeep past a Mennonite village (on Sunday, while they were attending their meetings. I felt very irreverent); snorkeling; eating tuna fish out of a can on Christmas Eve in our tent that was pitched in the dark, only to discover in the morning that it was someone's front yard. Etc.
This is all to say that I think Greece is going to be a blast because I am traveling with my favorite person in the whole entire world and we travel well together. We two good-fur-nothin's.
6 comments:
Sounds like quite an adventure. When is this trip happening? We have what we call "plans of the moment" which include a trip to Tahiti and New Zealand as soon as I save up enough money by exercising. I don't pay for a gymn or classes, I just pay myself $5/day. Ummm, so far, only $35 saved, but hey, I'm working on it:)
robin, what a story, what a trip. you are so adventerous. pass some of it our way!
when are you going to Greece?
Are the kids coming?
Can I come?
Do you have lodging plans in Greece?
Might be hard to pitch tents on rocks and ruins.
So are you just going with Briton or are you taking the kids. Is that the trip you are taking in May?
Yes when are you going? How long are you staying? Who are you taking?
I love it!
I loved your trip to Belize, it is so adventurous. Unfortunately I married a fuddy duddy, who would never go for such craziness! Maybe I can vacation with you and Briton.
Post a Comment