Why travel?
- Personal Enrichment
- Culture swap
- ‘Simply’ to get away
Traveling stole my heart
Travel on a Budget?
As a child, my family traveled a lot to the United States. Mainly to Orlando Florida, to visit the parks. Of course, my parents were young at that time too, so all the parks had the allure so it wasn’t just merely for us kids.
When I ventured out on my own and went to live in the Netherlands traveling did not stop. It has always been part of my life so no way was I going to stop now! Of course as a student this takes on a different form: traveling on a budget! Did this diminish the desire to travel? Not one iota!
When in my second year in college the opportunity presented itself to do a summer working on a camp in the US, I jumped both feet in. It combined all I wanted in travel: going away (check!), being in (a part of) a country I’ve never been before (check!), getting to know different folks from all over the world (check!) ,and this one even had an additional perk. It was in Starlight Pennsylvania. And, it also had the ‘travel on a budget’ part included! Awesome!
Needless to say, that summer was a highlight in travel for me. The work was tough and hard, but it led to meeting amazing people, learning about Jewish culture and discovering that I am more resourceful than I was giving myself credit for up till that point.
Traveling did not stop after this: budget traveling became a thing. As I am getting more mature (see what I did there? not old but mature!), I am noticing that having a bit of luxury is not as bad as I thought (having a private bathroom for example).
What are your thoughts? Do you travel often or just once in a 5 year span type of thing? Leave your comments below!