Bike riding with horsies at New Forest National Park, UK.
One of the many pros of travel is getting to escape the routine of daily life. For a limited time, we get to put aside the calendar and anything goes. But when you get back home reality sets in—and that may mean coming face to face with the repercussions of all the fun you had while away (unless, I guess, you went to Vegas?). If you’re like me, half the fun of travel is all the great things you get to eat and drink, and learning about a new town or culture while doing so.
There is no way I’m going to visit a place I’ve never been before, and maybe will never go again, and not take full advantage of all it has to offer. Of course I’m tucking into tiny open-faced sandwiches in Copenhagen and diving into baskets of torta fritta in Parma. Absolutely, I’m saying ‘yes’ to cream in Vienna and sampling whiskey in Edinburgh. And where there is a celebrity chef or award-winning restaurant, I will find a way to get in on that. I seriously cannot wait to get on line at 7am to finally, one day, experience Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas and I’m not going to skip out on that chance whenever I do get to that city. That said, it’s just as important to me to come home feeling as healthy and energetic as when I left. It sucks a bit of the fun out of travel when you return home feeling sluggish and out of shape. Even before I moved to London, I had always done a great deal of travel. Over the years, I’ve worked out how to have my cake and eat it too without regretting it and throwing my health off-course in the process.
There is no way I’m going to visit a place I’ve never been before, and maybe will never go again, and not take full advantage of all it has to offer. Of course I’m tucking into tiny open-faced sandwiches in Copenhagen and diving into baskets of torta fritta in Parma. Absolutely, I’m saying ‘yes’ to cream in Vienna and sampling whiskey in Edinburgh. And where there is a celebrity chef or award-winning restaurant, I will find a way to get in on that. I seriously cannot wait to get on line at 7am to finally, one day, experience Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas and I’m not going to skip out on that chance whenever I do get to that city. That said, it’s just as important to me to come home feeling as healthy and energetic as when I left. It sucks a bit of the fun out of travel when you return home feeling sluggish and out of shape. Even before I moved to London, I had always done a great deal of travel. Over the years, I’ve worked out how to have my cake and eat it too without regretting it and throwing my health off-course in the process.
