Down and Quote by Thomas Traherne

Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way.

— Paul Fussell

“As Nancy Frey writes of the long-distance pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, 'When pilgrims begin to walk several things usually begin to…

— Rebecca Solnit

abroad it is our habit to regard all other travelers in the light of personal and unpardonable grievances. They are intruders into our chosen…

— Agnes Repplier

Walking is a way of being somewhere, rather than striving to arrive.

— John Hillaby

Seeing' as you travel is somewhat of a spiritual exercise: a process not of seeking interesting surroundings, but of being continually interested in whatever…

— Rolf Potts

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.

— Anonymous

“Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains. There is an almost…

— Alain de Botton

When you are starting away, leaving your more familiar fields, for a little adventure like a walk, you look at every object with a…

— Henry David Thoreau

Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.

— Alain de Botton

Dont walk though the world with your eyes closed,for you will be missing all the beauty that surrounds you...

— Jaimie White

“Living abroad facilitates treating life as a spectacle.”

— Susan Sontag The Volcano Lover

Travel opens eyes and perspectives.

— Henry Golding