I'm not Crazy, I have Wanderlust!
Do you ever start a conversation with someone about your travels, only to have them look at you like you are crazy? As if they can't imagine taking a trip, let alone going to a foreign country half way around the world.
To these people I say, "I'm not crazy, I'm not broken, you don't need to Fix me."
Are you one of those people who carries their passport in their purse, just in case? Or has a suitcase permanently packed because there is no point in putting your travel clothes away? In April do you get the urge to get in the car and drive south until you see a spring flower? If so, then you have wanderlust too.
For me, it's a feeling that started very early in my childhood when my family did camping trips, and road trips. They were the highlight of the year. The feeling was encouraged by my Aunt Jessie who saved all of her wages from being a Grocery Store Check-out girl so that they could go on a trip every year. When they got back I would sit around her kitchen table and listen for hours about Egypt, London, Edinburgh and Cruise ships.
My first trip to the Caribbean was with my Husband and the poor thing never knew the beast he unleashed in me. I was so taken with everything NEW, that I couldn't get enough. I wanted to go again, and again. That's why I got into the Travel Business twelve years ago. Since then I have been fortunate enough to have traveled to Mexico and the Caribbean over 20 times, to Europe seven times, and taken countless cruises.
Be Warned!!! Wanderlust does not go away. It's is not an affliction that can be cured. It is a beast that needs to be fed. It is never happy until it knows what's around the next corner, down the street, or at the end of the runway. Just like any "Lust" it is never satisfied. It can only be satiated temporarily by giving it what it wants. The next trip. Contact me, we'll feed your beast.
To these people I say, "I'm not crazy, I'm not broken, you don't need to Fix me."
I have wanderlust.
That feeling deep inside that bubbles up every time the weather turns nasty and you want to run away, or you see a picture of a beach, and you know where it was taken because you have studied it for so long on the internet. It's a feeling of excitement when it's time to get the suitcase from the back of the closet and start to pack. Do you count the sleeps before you depart?Are you one of those people who carries their passport in their purse, just in case? Or has a suitcase permanently packed because there is no point in putting your travel clothes away? In April do you get the urge to get in the car and drive south until you see a spring flower? If so, then you have wanderlust too.
For me, it's a feeling that started very early in my childhood when my family did camping trips, and road trips. They were the highlight of the year. The feeling was encouraged by my Aunt Jessie who saved all of her wages from being a Grocery Store Check-out girl so that they could go on a trip every year. When they got back I would sit around her kitchen table and listen for hours about Egypt, London, Edinburgh and Cruise ships.
My first trip to the Caribbean was with my Husband and the poor thing never knew the beast he unleashed in me. I was so taken with everything NEW, that I couldn't get enough. I wanted to go again, and again. That's why I got into the Travel Business twelve years ago. Since then I have been fortunate enough to have traveled to Mexico and the Caribbean over 20 times, to Europe seven times, and taken countless cruises.
Be Warned!!! Wanderlust does not go away. It's is not an affliction that can be cured. It is a beast that needs to be fed. It is never happy until it knows what's around the next corner, down the street, or at the end of the runway. Just like any "Lust" it is never satisfied. It can only be satiated temporarily by giving it what it wants. The next trip. Contact me, we'll feed your beast.
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