When people say they enjoy travelling, they mean they enjoy the destination - I don’t think anybody enjoys the plane ride. If you’re going to focus on the plan

When people say they enjoy travelling, they mean they enjoy the destination - I don’t think anybody enjoys the plane ride. If you’re going to focus on the plane ride and the expensive hotel, I can see why you don’t enjoy it. I enjoy travelling because it means seeing how other cultures work, how they had different governance systems throughout history, different ethics, different music, different food, attitudes to money, cuisines, literature, humour, and definitions of beauty. Then there’s the people, go on a few dates, fall in love (or just a short term lust thing), different cultures produce vastly different forms of love and intimacy, from different physical beauty to different interaction dynamics. Ive see construction that’s 1500 years old, painting that are 1000 years old, spa pools filled with wine, music with instruments that I’ve never heard before, a smile from a man who doesn’t know who he is, free food from a street vendor who I just made laugh with a dark joke, a volleyball game on a Spanish beach and the sun on my face in a lush green park in Berlin. That’s why I like travelling