Friday Fun - add your travel philosophy here!
 

Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story.

Please feel free to add your own or plagiarized expressions!

Go native or don't go.
My version of "When in Rome..."

R5

When the going gets tough, the tough get going (I know, lame attempt)

Anywhwere is walking distance if you've got the time! :-)

and my fave....

"Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken." -- Frank Herbert

My two rules of travel:

1. Hotels should have names, not numbers (Roman Numerals excluded).

2. There are 2 kinds of restaurant in the world--the kind where you look down to read the menu and the kind where you look up. You can look up for a lunch menu, but never dinner. :-)

"I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

... and more recently:
"Look before you leap."

My lifelong motto, instilled by my amazing mom:

Go wherever you can, whenever you can.

You can make more money; you can't make more time.

The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbor.

i've posted this before...
explore, and explore. make yourself neccessary and the world will give you bread.
i definitely use this for all aspects of my life. for me, it's just about reaching out, extending yourself, making sure you show up for the life that is meant for you.

A road of 1,000 miles begins with... a cash advance!

'When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable'

So few summer days, and so many ball parks.

There is another way to go through life besides being drug through it kicking and screaming.

If life hands you a lemon, make lemonade... or better yet, limoncello!!

I don't live to travel. I travel to live. :)

My favorite, only take half of what you think you will need and budget twice as much as you think you will spend.

I'll spend all day in the great outdoors......as long as I can spend all night in the great indoors!

I made that up a long time ago after an awful night sleeping in a tent. It will never happen again.

BG

Sleep with the windows open and soak in some of the culture!!!

Bring a journal or notebook and take notes of your wonderful experiences, names of towns you pass, restauarants, people you meet.

:)

Take nothing but pictures: leave nothing but footprints.

There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothes.

"Travel light - preconception and prejudice are unnecessary luggage"

you can't take it with you -- don't cheap out on vacation, especially if you're like us and can't get away for very long on vacation. Or/ you get what you pay for!

Old faithful - "don't be a tourist, be a traveller"

Also, wish I didn't just use the phrase "on island time" - hope to one day actually live it!

My husband's : "Go big or stay home"
It's no fun scrimping and counting pennies while on vacation.

Mine: "Only sugar melts in the rain", as it rains almost every vacation that we ever go on...including places where its rarely does. Hey, you can't fight mother nature.

Travel light, but be prepared. It's a balancing act between the two. Also, be flexible and adaptable to change things up if necessary. Luggage on wheels are your travel "buddies". :-)

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what ships were built for.

I can sleep when I get home.

Rain is just liquid sunshine!


Utahtea

Ah, BuffaloGirl, my sentiments exactly! I always say I can spend the whole day outside very happily, but at night I need a bed and a bathroom!

So many of my friends/neighbors spend so much time and $$ worrying about their house, their new kitchen, what needs to be re-done next. I feel like my priorities are always to get AWAY from my house.

A bad day traveling is still better than a good day at work!

Karens- I concur completely about the house thing. People ask me how we can travel so often. I tell them that I simply make it my top priority. Then it's easy!

Great post Faina!
H

Wow it's just like home, only better!

I love to be in a place where I don't have to cook or clean!

Different cultures teach you more than you will ever learn in a classroom.

If you change your plans two days before your trip, don't tell your husband how much it cost till he enjoys the vacation (just did this :)!) He loved the vacation so much he said it was all worth it!

Don't let the dust settle around your feet.

I love all of your comments! :)

There's no place like home.

"Expect the unexpected."

"The faster you switch over to 'island time,' the happier you'll be."

(Most of our travel is to the Caribbean.)