Spring is here and 'tis the season of travel. As always, there is much planning prior to a trip, including being mindful of the kind of traveler I want to be. Which is why, when I took a group to Italy in 2015, I gave everyone a copy of these travel reminders. This September I'm taking another group to Italy (this time to Tuscany and northern Italy) and, again, we will travel as ambassadors of good will. #ladolcevitatravels
Travel Ambassadors of Good Will
Travel lightly: You are not traveling for people to see you. Take only what you need so as to be free to move, experience, dance, explore.
Travel expectantly: Every place you visit is like a surprise package ready to be opened; unwrap it with a spirit of high adventure.
Travel hopefully: “To travel hopefully,” wrote Robert Louis Stevenson, “is better than to arrive.”
Travel humbly: Visit people and places with reverence and respect for their traditions and ways of life.
Travel courteously: It promotes a spirit of contagious well-being.
Travel gratefully: The world, and all that is in it, is a gift.
Travel with an open mind: Try not to compare; leave expectations at home and appreciate the different, the new, and the unexpected.
Travel with curiosity: It is not how far you go, but how deeply you go that mines the gold of experience.
Travel with imagination: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ~Marcel Proust, French novelist
Travel fearlessly: In the words of a Dutch proverb, “He is who outside his door, already has the hard part of his journey behind him.”
Travel relaxed: Make up your mind to embrace everything and have a good time.
Travel patiently: It takes time to understand others, especially when there are barriers of language and custom. Keep flexible and be adaptable to all situations.
Travel with the spirit of a world citizen: You will discover that people are basically much the same around the world. Be an Ambassador of Good Will to all people.
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