Welcome back! Looks like this was a lovely trip. As someone who has kept travel journals and stay abroad journals, I can guarantee you that very rarely do those fragments expand into a larger, fuller story. But there is a certain charm and beauty, I personally find, to those fragments when looked at as a whole. I'd recommend How to Travel Without Seeing by Andres Neuman. It was the book that inspired me to chronicle travel in a way that finally felt sufficient, in the moment and later, while also providing just enough if I wanted to explore the fragment in a deeper way. This helped birth my travel micro-collection, Pomegranate Summer, in fact :)
Indeed there is a certain charm in not having all the answers. I can totally relate with your sentiment about feeling like you'll come back with a lot of stories to write about but find yourself floundering for words and enough material for a full post. That's me every week! 😂 This was a lovely post, nevertheless, and took me back to my own visit to the Isle of Wight long long ago.
Welcome back! Looks like this was a lovely trip. As someone who has kept travel journals and stay abroad journals, I can guarantee you that very rarely do those fragments expand into a larger, fuller story. But there is a certain charm and beauty, I personally find, to those fragments when looked at as a whole. I'd recommend How to Travel Without Seeing by Andres Neuman. It was the book that inspired me to chronicle travel in a way that finally felt sufficient, in the moment and later, while also providing just enough if I wanted to explore the fragment in a deeper way. This helped birth my travel micro-collection, Pomegranate Summer, in fact :)
Indeed there is a certain charm in not having all the answers. I can totally relate with your sentiment about feeling like you'll come back with a lot of stories to write about but find yourself floundering for words and enough material for a full post. That's me every week! 😂 This was a lovely post, nevertheless, and took me back to my own visit to the Isle of Wight long long ago.
An enjoyable read, as always the fluidity and sharing is most welcome. I would rather travel than eat or sleep, so your work is especially thrilling.
We have never been able to travel the world, because of funds or bad luck, or whatever but we love reading about it. Keep it up!