Uncharitably, "did" implies a box-ticking mindset: when you've "done" Barcelona, you've seen all that's worth seeing and can move onto the next. Even if all yo

Uncharitably, "did" implies a box-ticking mindset: when you've "done" Barcelona, you've seen all that's worth seeing and can move onto the next. Even if all you actually did was eat tapas at some tourist trap on Las Ramblas and queue up for Sagrada Familia. One thing you realize about travel as you get older is that you cannot, in fact, "do" a place: the rustic fishing village on the beach in Thailand you went to 20 years ago is now a rat warren of concrete hotels and package tours that bears no resemblance to what you once saw and experienced, and what's more, your experience now is quite different if you have a wife and kids in tow.