Travel

The pubs of Ireland, the coast of Australia, the rainforest of Guyana...these are the places that are calling me back to them. This afternoon I stumbled on a website that makes me want to travel. Today. I don't think my passport has expired yet...and there are so many places I have yet to visit. The website is www.worldatlas.com, and it lists each continent and its countries, travel info, history info, maps, flags, etc. It took me back to the places across the world that I've been blessed enough to visit. Some of my favorite pictures were taken in foreign countries. At these times, I traveled with a film camera and more film than I care to admit. I had film stuffed in every extra pocket on every piece of luggage I traveled with. Multiple times I purchased more film on the go in the country I was currently visiting. And it was completely worth it. When I was preparing for my first overseas trip, my mom asked me to bring her back pictures that I'd taken. She didn't want any trinkets or cultural gifts from Ireland--just my pictures. So I returned with LOTS of pictures. We sat down and looked through all of them, which took some time. And at the end she said, "I thought you took too many pictures. But I want more." That's how I justify my excessive picture taking--I come by it honestly. Since I have quite a store of them, I'll be sharing some travel pictures soon!