tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897433.post5716896362789165593..comments2023-09-27T07:38:49.203-05:00Comments on Famosity: The Travel Bug(aboo)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897433.post-91414398152761165452009-03-19T22:19:00.000-05:002009-03-19T22:19:00.000-05:00Barbara,Beautifully expressed! But travelers must...Barbara,<BR/><BR/>Beautifully expressed! <BR/><BR/>But travelers must accept the difficulties as part of the deal. Like swimming, you've got to jump in and actually get wet to savor the experience with your own senses. <BR/>I enjoyed Sara's travel photos too, hopefully as a window to a future trip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897433.post-22300689378225844162009-03-18T14:07:00.000-05:002009-03-18T14:07:00.000-05:00Traveling is indeed a great source of anxiety. You...Traveling is indeed a great source of anxiety. You aptly mention the hassle, the expense, the fatigue even.... Is the cat going to survive the separation? Are we?<BR/><BR/>Plus, there is the idea that when you visit poorer countries, you act as a voyeur, you take advantage of their poverty, even if the money from tourism is crucial to their economy. <BR/>Living in a very touristic place, (if not that poor!) I know exactly how the local people often feel about this necessary, but infringing mob of foreigners, and I dislike their remarks too. <BR/><BR/>I quite agree with you, and would not travel so willingly if not to meet with people I love and do not see enough of. And thank you for your sweet comment on your visit to Nice!<BR/><BR/>Still, the thrill of having overcome the obstacles, and of thinking 'I've been there' is, for me, worth the trouble. <BR/><BR/>But please, continue writing about what others tell you of their trips, we enjoy that, too!Cathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05771934059350667688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897433.post-55224446169260102992009-03-17T04:45:00.000-05:002009-03-17T04:45:00.000-05:00Barbara,This was a brave confession "I'd rather ex...Barbara,<BR/><BR/>This was a brave confession "I'd rather experience travel vicariously." <BR/><BR/>And luckily for art, your feeling is shared by many which creates an audience for all the photos and paintings of distant places. <BR/><BR/>Is part of this that you like to see how other see things? If (as some say) a photo is about the photographer, then it is really people you are seeing, not places.<BR/><BR/>Someday I'll be brave and admit that I'd rather make a picture than go to a movie or a concert. <BR/><BR/>But not yet . . .Kim Mosleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17658600791743162004noreply@blogger.com