June 16th, 2010
Wanderlust
I have the worst imaginable case of wanderlust right now. I’ve actually had it for quite a few months, but with summer quickly coming up on us now, I can’t help but long for adventures to far away and exotic places. Perhaps because any sort of travel is so utterly, entirely, and completely unattainable to me at present, it makes me desire exploring the world even that much more than usual. Such is always the case, isn’t it? We can never quite have what we want. And for the last few months, all I’ve wanted to do is cram a suitcase full of my essentials and take off to a foreign land to roam the streets, taste new foods, meet the locals, take oodles of pictures, and explore, explore, explore! I’ve been cooped up in Canada (that seems like it should be an oxymoron considering Canada is so massive) for far too long. I need to go places, see the world! It doesn’t help any that I was supposed to go on not one, but two, trips abroad this summer which have slowly reduced to one, and now none at all. :( Suffice to say, I’m still devastated that both were canceled. I’m desperately clinging to the hope that next summer I’ll be able to fulfill this travel lust, if for no other reason than to get it out of my system! I constantly find myself daydreaming about being on the other side of the world discovering and trying new things. When I close my eyes, I see little floating globes and passports. Okay, maybe that last one was a bit of a stretch…
This is probably not going to help me in any way at all, and will probably make my case of wanderlust that much worse, but here’s a list of the top 10 places I, at this exact moment, want to visit more than anywhere else in the world.
10. Argentina
9. Morocco
8. New Zealand
7. Czech Republic
My great grandmother was Czech, and while she died when I was still very small, I was always interested from a young age in the culture. Someday I hope to spend a good amount of time there, particularly in Prague. That city fascinates me to no end.
6. Ireland
Do you ever feel like there’s somewhere in the world that you think you would instantly love? That place for me is Ireland. This is probably ridiculously silly sounding seeing as I’ve never actually been to Ireland before, but I, for some reason or another, see it as a “home away from home”. It seems very eastern Canada-ish (my home) to me in many ways. Again though, I’ve never been so I may be completely off base in that assumption.
5. France
Even though I’ve already been (albeit extremely briefly – 4 days), I feel in love and am aching to go back.
4. The Netherlands
3. Australia
2. England
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to go to England. It’s one of my life-long dreams.
1. Greece
Greece. Drool. My number one destination of choice. If I could go there tomorrow, I would!
And of course, honourable mentions to Italy and Germany. I didn’t list them as I’ve briefly visited both 6 years ago (wow, it’s been 6 years since I’ve been on a vacation/trip), though I’m still dying to go back to both as I didn’t get nearly enough time in either!
Out of curiosity, where you have guys travelled to before, and where would you love to go if you had a plane ticket to anywhere in the world?
And as always, click photos for sources.
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Thank you, Ginela! I hope you’ll get to do some traveling yourself as well!
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