What I’ve learned: Germany

Travel creates opportunity for reflection and thought. On each trip, I jot down notes of my daydreams, conversations, and overheard moments.

  • It does not exist for you. You exist for it: You have come because it exists.
  • Travel creates context to inspire thought. Life creates context for thought.
  • The best journeys answer questions you never even thought to ask.
  • Everything Is Illuminated in the light of the past. (Great book)
  • Your convictions should be strong, so long as they do not blind you to their opposition: Appreciate the sunset even while knowing the sky is blue.
  • Maya Angelou once said you can tell a lot about a person from the way they respond to three things: a rainy day, tangled Christmas lights, and lost luggage.
  • “The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do.“ -Steve Jobs

What I’ve learned: Iceland

Travel creates opportunity for reflection and thought. On each trip, I jot down notes of my daydreams, conversations, and overheard moments.

  • Some rough roads smooth out shortly after they start, others end completely after a few km.
  • The literature of the world has borrowed a lot from this tiny nation.
  • Clouds look awesome with a wide-angle lens. People do not.
  • Visit a Glacier or two in you life. It is worth it.

What I’ve learned: Patagonia

Travel creates opportunity for reflection and thought. On each trip, I jot down notes of my daydreams, conversations, and overheard moments.

  • How you present yourself is not how people will perceive you.
  • Opportunities are like photographs: the only ones regretted are those not taken.
  • Life is good when sipping whiskey served over 300 year old ice chipped from a glacier you walked across. (Photo)
  • Try to look approachable because you never will approach.
  • Cultivate those moments that help you remember what it feels like to care rather than just do.
  • Sometimes it takes the similarities of another person to see yourself accurately.
  • New company can reveal sensitivities you thought were long healed.
  • Spending all day, everyday with a virtual stranger can teach you a lot. About them, you, prejudices, preferences, people around you, everything.
  • Wine, bread, cheese and some meat is delicious. Fruit is also delicious.