When I found this quote, I knew it was perfect for Lisa. We were roommates on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I have been to many of the places she talks about, and the others are on my bucket list. Thanks, Lisa!
I love to travel. I'm the type of girl who studies maps for fun, who checks airline ticket prices for kicks, who gets a little shaky if it has been too long since my last trip. I'm more than a little addicted to the rush of adrenaline that comes from stepping off of a plane in a foreign airport. I love to immerse myself in different cultures, to see how people do things in their corner of the world. I have ridden an elephant through the jungles of Bali, gone hot-air ballooning over the outback in Australia, and trekked to isolated villages in Africa. I have eaten crepes at the top of the Eiffel Tower, gelato in piazzas in Italy, and goulash on a riverbank in Hungary. I have kissed the Blarney Stone, gone sky-diving over tropical islands, and spent a Sunday afternoon at the bullfights in Spain. I have seen strange, wonderful, and crazy things all around the world. And the one thing that remains the same is this: the more I see of the world, the more I realize I have so much more to see. I want to spend every spare minute and every pinched penny exploring. I want to ride a camel through the Sahara, climb the Great Wall of China, and stare in bewilderment at the Moai statues of Easter Island. I want to go on safari in Africa and see the snake charmers in Marakesh. I want to shop in the marketplaces of India and see the rain forest in Brazil. This quote by J.R.R. Tolkien speaks to me. It reminds me that all of my wandering ways are not for lack of knowing who I am or what I want to be. I am not lost. It is in travel that I truly find myself. So here's to the wanderings. ~ Lisa Eekhoff
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| Lisa (R) and me on a dinner cruise on the Philippine Sea |
