Being able to travel is one of the joys of modern life. Even if only for a couple of days, few things can beat jumping in the car or on a plane to experience a little change of scenery. It can be even more rewarding if you have never been to the location before. New sights, sounds, and smells entice the senses and tend to make one feel alive. One of my favorite movie scenes is from a flick called Room with a View. Cousin Charlotte, a very prim and stuffy English woman, is exploring a back street of Florence, Italy with an adventurist friend when they come across a foul odor: Charlotte covers her nose and winces while her companion breaths the smell in deeply and pronounces “ah, a true Florentine smell!” Brilliant, new and different are exciting.
For me new sights are terrific but the best part of travel (I bet you can guess what’s coming next) is the food. I’ve found that the first meal in a good restaurant is always the best; nothing replaces that first time feeling, that alluring sense of mystery, the excitement of the unknown. Even if you have read internet reviews, you can never be sure.