On Emotional Travel: Roads to Santiago

I started a new blog this week. Hoping to stick with it this time around, I actually have several floating out there that I did for a while, got bored or busy and then abandoned them.

Anyway, my latest blog is on something I really love-- books-- so I think it will be a little easier to stick with it. Plus, I love discussing everything I read and now that most of my college friends have pretty much dispersed I lost a lot of quality debaters and long lunch dates :( So, I am hoping for a few good followers in time, who like to discuss books.

I'm calling it, Opening Lines, and I just got my first real post up on Saturday. Hopefully I don't run out of books with opening lines that I love and can find new ones fast enough.

Here is a blurb from my first post though, on Cees Noteboom's Roads to Santiago and the emotions that we experience when we are traveling.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"It is impossible to prove and yet I believe it: there are some places in the world where one is mysteriously magnified on arrival or departure by the emotions of all those who have arrived and departed before."

How many times in your life have you found yourself in awe at your surroundings? It happens to me all the time. Sometimes I wonder if I think about all the people that have been there before me or what happened before I arrived too much, but in the end I know that the emotional connection I feel with each place adds to my travels. When you leave, memories are all you have left to you, and to be able to remember not only what you saw, but what you felt, is a gift.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I would love to hear what you think of it, if there is something you would change about the layout. Anything.

Thanks

Comments: 11

juley g. Sep 14, 2009, 5:02pm EDT

This is so powerful and true for me too. We just got back from the big island of Hawaii and there were so many things that made me feel emotional while there. From standing at the Puʻukoholā Heiau where remains of a temple still stand as a symbol of one man's fight to unite the islands. Standing in the ruins of Kalapana, a town destroyed by lava, some residents still live there with no power or water. Hiking miles into the woods in search of Petroglyphs and thinking of the people who carved them.

Sophie S. Sep 14, 2009, 7:07pm EDT

Awesome travels, Juley. So glad to hear your Hawaii trip was so memorable.

And thanks for checking out my blog!

reply to this comment

j - Frugal Mom - r. Sep 14, 2009, 5:35pm EDT

This is surely how I feel about the Florida Keys. Call me crazy, but I am actually considering starting a blog about frugal Florida travels. I just cannot decide on what to call it.

Sophie S. Sep 14, 2009, 7:08pm EDT

Frugal in Florida?

The thing about starting blogs, is that you always want to start more. lol, I already have five more planned, but I know I can't handle all that right now.

reply to this comment