I can empathize with being older and wanting to just relax and have a quality experience. I used to try to thoroughly immerse myself in daily life of a city but

I can empathize with being older and wanting to just relax and have a quality experience. I used to try to thoroughly immerse myself in daily life of a city but that is exhausting after a while. I am more content to just hit the highlights now. But it also sounds like you were a little burnt out on travel. I have lived abroad and found most regions of the world are quite different and have something unique and worth experiencing. Different countries are not just different themes on the same OS in my experience. People do live in meaningfully different ways. Out ability to take in new experiences that is finite and needs recharging though.