tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652295937726964782.post1392585410845323094..comments2023-08-14T07:09:57.263-04:00Comments on anything&everything: Bad Traveler's Good Week, Day 2karen lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905540909994791438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652295937726964782.post-58880359069495978062012-03-19T20:54:31.449-04:002012-03-19T20:54:31.449-04:00Just as with many other aspects of life, people sh...Just as with many other aspects of life, people shouldn't be telling people that X or Y is THE way to travel. For some of us, wandering around on our own in a strange place is wonderful. But obviously for you and many others that approach is NOT wonderful. Your feelings and preferences should be respected.Bob Lammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15908445151839588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652295937726964782.post-57362702980561158842012-03-19T16:59:49.515-04:002012-03-19T16:59:49.515-04:00bob, i seem to have been saying unintentionally of...bob, i seem to have been saying unintentionally offensive things this week....anyway, i didn't mean to be putting down people who can and do wander around; it's great if you can do it. but all my life i've been told that's the way to do it, and of course when i've tried it i've been miserable. but i realize most people i know would probably dislike the guided tour bus mode that works so well for me. so this is purely me, and as i said, i'm a bad traveler......karen lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905540909994791438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652295937726964782.post-77287906627779609102012-03-18T07:30:41.413-04:002012-03-18T07:30:41.413-04:00I love reading your travel pieces, but it's sa...I love reading your travel pieces, but it's sad the way you put down wandering around on your own in a strange city. Of course if you don't enjoy this you shouldn't do it. Of course if you enjoy bus tours you should go on enjoying bus tours. But some of us enjoy wandering around on our own in unfamiliar cities--even though of course we are tourists. And some of us periodically have terrific experiences and make terrific lifelong friends from wandering around on our own in unfamiliar cities.Bob Lammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15908445151839588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652295937726964782.post-18465069356238363802012-03-13T19:19:40.018-04:002012-03-13T19:19:40.018-04:00it's wonderful to be able to do that--to even ...it's wonderful to be able to do that--to even have the luxury of now and then feeling a bit bored, as one does in one's regular life. i have been so lucky--so blessed--to live here in this dutch castle 3 months a year, to greet the storekeepers who are happy to see me back; to lunch with my colleagues who have been here awhile, to note that this building is new, or that one has been painted. <br /><br />so i like your way of traveling. you lose such thrill of novelty as there is, but in return take the increasingly familiar so much deeper into your heart.karen lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905540909994791438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652295937726964782.post-85837557425519621222012-03-13T15:57:38.496-04:002012-03-13T15:57:38.496-04:00I think this is one of the reasons I like to retur...I think this is one of the reasons I like to return, over and over, to a specific place on vacation and spend a lot of time there. To slowly lose that tourist feeling. To already "know where the bathroom is." To become a semi-regular, even for a short time, at a restaurant or pub. I try not to see everything there is to see, but to see a lot in a small area, then each time expand a bit more. Repeat.Jim Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634460171128306060noreply@blogger.com