“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” - Bill Bryson
One of my weird quirks is that I love to go grocery shopping in foreign countries.
Something about seeing a slice of life that you can't find in a magazine or travel brochure. The smells, the colors, the produce, what's popular, how things are labeled. It's usually the place that I buy all of my souvenirs to take home.
French lip gloss.
Kinder Eggs (the toy inside always makes me smile like a kid).
Wine.
It's the little things we take for granted when we're at home. I think travel brings us right smack dab into living in the moment ... which is where we should always be in the first place.
--Rachelle
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As a male it might surprise you that you hit a nerve when you said grocery shopping. That's exacrly what I like to do first in a foreign environment to get to know the local food and wine culture:-)
ReplyDeleteCheers!