The Nice Thing About Strangers

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To Slow Down, Change Locations

Graham Greene and my typical wintertime wish to travel…

travel photos, Italy, Pettenasco

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He wanted to slow life up and he quite rightly felt that by traveling he would make time move with less rapidity. You have this noticed yourself, I expect, on a holiday. If you stay in one place, the holiday passes like a flash, but if you go to three places, the holiday seems to last at least three times as long.

–Graham Greene. Travels with My Aunt.

travel photos, Italy, Pettenasco Near Pettenasco, Italy

Budva, Montenegro, travel photos, tourism Budva, Montenegro, travel photos, tourism

Vienna, Austria, tourism, travel Vienna, Austria…does that look like the Statue Of Liberty, or what?

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2 comments on “To Slow Down, Change Locations

  1. joannerambling
    February 7, 2015
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    Bloody marvelous

  2. Julie Mundy
    February 8, 2015
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    So true – travelling can be a form of mindfulness, and it’s very easy to just live in the moment.

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