If life can be likened to the longest journey we’ll embark upon, then we need to remind ourselves not to be unsettled by uncertainty nor fear change that will inevitably occur, but to dive in and embrace it all. It’s fun to connect with a place in this way, even if my time there is limited, taking in each detail and feeling very je ne sais quoi, very “insert location here”.Įngaging my imagination in this way opens my heart and mind to other possibilities not just for travel but in all aspects of life a little self reflection goes a long way. With each little ritual in a new place, I imagine what it could be like to live solely in that moment and how life might unfold. In London, I’ll stroll around a museum and find a little café to indulge in tea and a slice of cake Paris calls for falafel pockets in the quirky third arrondissement with a glass of wine after shopping and perusing the book stalls along the Seine, and Bangkok cries out for trying pad thai bought on a busy street corner after spiritual contemplation in a temple and relaxing in the luscious, tropical gardens. When visiting destination cities such as New York, I have my own little “must”’ for what to see and do, not the obvious tourist sights but the little rituals which for me really give a place its own identity. It wasn’t my first visit to the big apple, so there were several sights I sought out to return to and a great number of new things yet to discover. The city was shining at its festive brightest bedecked with twinkling lights and decorated to the nines in festive “holiday” cheer.
I spent a couple weeks at the end of last year in and around New York City, the city where dreams are made of.
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