I thoroughly enjoy travel but not for more than a few weeks or month at a time (my family all lives within an hour of me -- kids & grandkids within walking distance & they've never had a non- relative babysit
).. mostly because I like to form my own opinions.
So when many were concerned about:
♤ Turkey's political situation, went there / talked to the guy on the street (reporters afraid)
♡ refugees in Central Europe (1 month × 3, cultural clash)
◇ when Ireland voting on LGBT rights (3 weeks -- they were afraid of being fired if someone outed them)
♧ South Korea (many regret war as it divided them and looking forward to reunification)
☆ few years back when England was looking into euthanasia
○ I mostly want their opinions so I can expand my horizons
I don't go for buildings (books), paintings (they all eventually come to DeYoung), food (vegetarian). And outside of my kids / grandkids, I'm a terrible traveling companion (will tolerate museums for only an hour). But
love street musicians