“Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you – or unmaking you.” – Nicholas Bouvier, The Way of The World When it comes to our nomadic movements, my family rarely needs an excuse to travel. From friends’ foreign weddings to […]
Travel Excuses
Grey Nomads: Snowbirds Of The Southern Hemisphere
Sid and Sandie Whiting watched a caravan rattle past on its Indian Pacific railway bed: someone was heading east, across Australia’s iconic Nullarbor Plain. “That should be us,” the couple lamented. Tired of the city and ready to be unsettled, they decided to sell their house and hit the road. Just like any long-term traveler, […]
Travel Excuses, #3: A Newborn Baby
“Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you – or unmaking you.” – Nicholas Bouvier, The Way of The World When it comes to our nomadic movements, my boyfriend and I rarely need travel excuses. From friends’ weddings to family […]