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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- //Mark Twain// I've taken many vacations in my life, but I consider vacation and travel two very different activities. I normally come home from a vacation feeling revived and relax (except when extended family is involved). When I come home from travel, I am exhausted. I am grateful to be in my own bed and to share my experiences with others. At the same time, travel is bittersweet since those with whom I share photos and stories are blind to my enthusiasm. I enjoy seeing the major sights, even the most "touristy" (I went on the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg!), but not until I've invested time in the location, the people, the food, and the culture can I truly feel I've been there. Just like it is impossible to dip one's toe into the same river twice, so it is that once changed by looking into the heart of a new land with its own history, customs, struggles, identity, I can never go home again. Home is not the same. Friends and family know me less since part of me remains far away. These are some of those places. **__Perigord, France

Lapland, Finland

Ephesus, Turkey__** __**Rajshahi, Bangladesh**__

**__Yorkshire Moors, UK__** **__Seattle, WA__** **__Darjeeling, India__**
 * __ Einbeck, Germany __**

__**Vienna, Austria**__
 * __Carthage, Tunisia__**