my favourite book…is my passport. lmao.
i don’t want to become one of those insufferable people who can’t stop thinking about her next travel trip - but i am. there are memes online about how people return to work, refreshed and ready to take on the world and then they write ‘no, i return to work with a fresh hatred and renewed enthusiasm for travelling’. that’s me, i return to work with renewed hatred of work and wanting to travel more.
I really want to do another trip but well, I do have to save a bit of money first. Lol. I want to go back to Sweden. When I was in Denmark or Sweden, forgot which one, I was messaging my friend and telling her that I was feeling so frustrated because the men there are so damn hot. I was getting so irritated because everyone is hot there and that’s not the case in Australia. If a guy is rated 6/10 in Scandinavia, they would totally be a 10/10 here and he’d do so well. But yeh, everywhere I went were just hot men and I was like oh my god, this is terrible. I was a bit flustered, hahahaahahahahah. So yeh, of course this is not why I want to go back to Scandinavia…sure…. LOL. Maybe I can go to Scandinavia and fall in love with a gorgeous man named Sven or Lars or Erik or whatever. JOKING. But maybe a Norwegian would be better cause they have the Norwegian oil fund which is FOR the people of Norway and it’s the people’s money. Lol, just kidding.
But I have really been wanting to pack my bags and go on another holiday. I recently discovered this theory of a non-place online which was coined by Marc Auge which talks about places lacking relational ties, history or identity… and so there’s this anonymity that you feel moving through that place. It’s really interesting - cause airports are really weird places for sure. I’ve written about how odd it is to be in one place and then a mere 24 hours later be on the other side of the world. It really is a bit of an existential thought. Maybe that’s why we feel a bit braver when we’re abroad - cause we’re an amplified version of ourselves, whether for better or for worse remains debatable. Travel makes me feel more part of the human fabric of existence. Like - we’re just like everyone else. I think it democratises everyone too, that we have more in common than differences. But then differences are amplified too - particularly culturally. But you realise, we all connect through shared joy, experiences and happiness. That’s why travel is so addictive and so liberating.
I do want to go on a trip where I can just take a week off, where I leave on the Friday and have two weekends to bookend the trip. That’ll give me ample time. So Japan again? I don’t want to do Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto. Been there too many times now so I would want to do those Japanese villages. I really want to take the road less travelled and go to places that are off the beaten track. I have been recommended to go to the Baltics by the osteopath who treats my jaw. He told me its a lot cheaper and it’s got amazing landscapes and you still get the very European feel. He told me that it’s incredibly beautiful there in Christmas too, despite it being super cold. I don’t know yet, but I’m itching to go travel again. And I love solo travel so much - it’s just so freeing and liberating.