While I have been working in the banking industry for almost 24 years now and enjoyed the journey, did I ever tell you that I have been nursing a hidden desire.?
A desire to be on the move always, travel, click, write and if I am lucky get paid for it as well.! No harm in dreaming, isn't it ? After all, life is all about pursuing dreams.
Albert Einstein's adage " I love to travel but hate to arrive " is perhaps apt for a day dreamer like me.
I admire these guys working for National Geographic and other travel channels as they can travel all around the world. and also get paid for it
Life is not however that easy, life is all about priorities and if you love to travel, make travel a priority. Just add it to some of your key priorities in life and then work towards it and you will soon find out that you can execute it with consummate ease.
I remember St Augustine's quote here " The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page"
When
we are young, it is easier to travel. You don’t need big bucks; all you need is
a camera, a backpack and some detailed planning. There are so many pristine
locations both in India as well as overseas many of them undiscovered and cheap.
Budget travel or frugal travel is now a reality with the Internet throwing
options at the click of the mouse.Well, for those who want to splurge, then the options are unlimited.
While the Japanese and Chinese ( difficult to correctly identify between them) are found in big groups travelling all over Europe, one notices that Indians are tough contenders for the number one slot. In our recent holiday in Europe, we not only found the usual travel groups from Cox & Kings, Kesari travels etc but lots of families travelling on their own. We bumped into one such family from Hyderabad at the Wien Meidling (Vienna ) station who were on their own and not with any tour group. They were travelling into Vienna from Rome by train.
Westerners on the other hand
work hard all their lives and start their travel only once they retire. One can
find hordes of Americans, Europeans and perhaps Australians from Down Under.
Over the next few
weeks, I shall get down to sharing our holiday to Europe including culinary delights as well.
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| Pain Au Chocolate @ Paul's, Paris. |
So fasten your seat belts and get set and ready...
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| Schipol Airport, Amsterdam |
