WHY WE DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD

koenigsnadja (46)in #travel • 7 years ago (edited)

Hi steemians, I want to share a few thoughts about traveling in our home countries!

Hiking through the Alps with my brother

Traveling and exploring exotic places is one of my favorite activities. It awakes vitality, the interest in foreign cultures and people and last but not least it‘s like a self-discovery for me.
But sometimes I catch myself having thoughts like ‚the longer the distance, the more exciting and fascinating the destination must be‘. Yesterday I scrolled through old pictures of our family holidays I realized that this way of thinking is totally nonsense and bullshit.
Most of the years we spent our vacation in the bavarian and austrian Alps or had beach holidays on the german North Sea. In those days I could not always appreciate it because my 15-year old me wanted to go shopping in New York or relaxing in the Carribean. My parents are very down-to-earth and could not follow my annual criticism why our holidays are that ‚unspectacular and boring‘. Now, 5 - 10 years later, I want to say:
Stupid stupid stupid mini me!

Germany (in my case) is a beautiful country full of diversified landscapes and different city vibes and here‘s so much to discover!

Eibsee, Bavaria

Starnberger See, Bavaria

No matter what our hometown and homecountry is – we all should start spotting our own surroundings and we will recognize how amazing our home countrys are.

Nevertheless and of course distant places have a large attractiveness, but often it doesn‘t matter where we go – as long as we do it with the right persons and motivation. Therefore sometimes a weekend at the German coast has the same relaxation effect as 2 weeks all-inclusive holidays in Greece. Besides it treats our pockets with care and it doesn‘t take much time to reach our destinations.