Do you have access to wifi?
Do you have an active imagination?
You only need one of these to go on a dream vacation.
Especially at this time of year, I have a hard time sitting still. My mind wanders off on a ridge overlooking a deep lush valley, it meanders through a flea market in Paris or stares off into the distance next to a river side temple.
My son and I invented "travel bingo when you are not on a trip", we use google maps in Beijing to locate "car", "bus", "tree". We travelled to New Dehli's train station to find a "train".
After I watch Broadchurch or Shetland, I immediately add them to my google map route.
Airbnb helps me get settled into a meticulously decorated house in Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary or a condo in South Beach or a room in someone's apartment in Brooklyn..
I have a tiny (likely imaginary) view of someone's life in Denmark, Iran and Hungary, thanks to Instagram.
I know exactly which restaurant I will go to when I am either drunk or hungover in London. I keep an eye on the Cherry Blooming Forecast in Japan, I occasionally scroll through the lifestyle section of Times of India.
I have a trove of richly elaborate memories and fantasies I have spent my lifetime storing in my imagination.
When I am in the mood for a staycation, I stare out the window and let my eyes rest on the birds landing in the tree in front of my home.
I love travelling this way. It is hard to get away though. There is always something in the way of my flights of fancy, time travel and daydreaming excursions.
Do you have an active imagination?
You only need one of these to go on a dream vacation.
Especially at this time of year, I have a hard time sitting still. My mind wanders off on a ridge overlooking a deep lush valley, it meanders through a flea market in Paris or stares off into the distance next to a river side temple.
My son and I invented "travel bingo when you are not on a trip", we use google maps in Beijing to locate "car", "bus", "tree". We travelled to New Dehli's train station to find a "train".
After I watch Broadchurch or Shetland, I immediately add them to my google map route.
Airbnb helps me get settled into a meticulously decorated house in Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary or a condo in South Beach or a room in someone's apartment in Brooklyn..
I have a tiny (likely imaginary) view of someone's life in Denmark, Iran and Hungary, thanks to Instagram.
I know exactly which restaurant I will go to when I am either drunk or hungover in London. I keep an eye on the Cherry Blooming Forecast in Japan, I occasionally scroll through the lifestyle section of Times of India.
I have a trove of richly elaborate memories and fantasies I have spent my lifetime storing in my imagination.
When I am in the mood for a staycation, I stare out the window and let my eyes rest on the birds landing in the tree in front of my home.
I love travelling this way. It is hard to get away though. There is always something in the way of my flights of fancy, time travel and daydreaming excursions.
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