When I think about travel the two words that come to me are “mind expanding.” We get entrenched in our daily lives and our “world” can feel small and revolve mostly around our daily commutes, our familiar foods, our comfortable homes, etc.
When traveling we can open ourselves up to “seeing” our world in a new light. We can appreciate “old” buildings as the remains of cultural history instead of just seeing the building as “old” and needing to be torn down. [Smirice Courtyard, Smirice, Czech Republic] We can try foods with flavors that are unfamiliar to us that might inspire...