30 Travel Related Things About Me

February 5th, 2009 → by Erica Johansson

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The latest craze on Facebook, ‘25 Random Things About Me’ (in which you’re supposed to write random things, facts, habits, or goals about yourself), inspired me to write a new list of only travel related things.

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1. I prefer to travel by train.  If I can take the train instead of flying and the ticket doesn’t cost far more, that’s what I’ll do. Once I traveled by train from Zurich, Switzerland, to London, and back. My employer in Zurich thought I was crazy for wasting time on a train when a flight would take me there way faster.

2. I don’t think train travel is a waste of time. Often, the journey matters as much as the destination. Clichéd but true.

3. I like to strike up conversations with fellow passengers.

4. I also like to sit by myself, reading a book, or watching the landscape pass by, without uttering a word. When traveling in Switzerland I sometimes chose the ‘quiet wagon’ where silence was obligatory. There’s something very peaceful about hearing nothing else than the sound of the train.

5. When it comes to air travel I want to have a window seat or sit near the exit, otherwise I feel somewhat claustrophobic.

6. On charter flights, I can’t help but laugh when passengers applaud after landing.

7. Stepping out of an airplane at a new destination is one of the best things in the world.

8. I’m starting to feel too old for hostels.

9. The first thing I do after having checked into a new hotel is a) check out the view, b) inspect the bathroom, c) flick through the hotel brochures, d) pack up before heading out to discover the area.

10. Even if I’m at an unfamiliar location, I never worry about getting lost. I think I might have an invisible built in compass somewhere in my body that tells me exactly where to go, and where not to go. So far it has worked perfectly fine — the exceptions being one summer day after midnight when we couldn’t find the way back to our hotel in Harlem, and one equally late night in Paris when I discovered I had walked in circles around my hotel. Apparently this ‘compass’ doesn’t work that well if I’m tired.

11. Whenever I pass by a cosy or cool looking café, bar or restaurant I can’t resist walking in to check the place out — even if I intend to leave shortly afterwards without having bought a thing.

12. I would have to discipline myself very much to pass by a chocolatier without at least taking a look at their products.

13. The delicious Swiss chocolate was one of many reasons I loved living in Switzerland for half a year.

14. I love people-watching.

15. I like to eavesdrop on conversations.

16.  For some reason I find it much easier to understand what people say in foreign languages than making myself understood in foreign languages.

17. My favourite sound is the sound of the sea.

18. I love beaches, but if I lie in the sun longer than an hour I feel restless and want to start moving, play beach volleyball, go swimming or take a stroll along the beach.

19. I like almost everything about Greece: the food, the culture, the atmosphere, the people, the beaches, the language, the music. One day I want to make a long island hopping trip in the Greek archipelago.

20. Ever since I was about 15 I’ve wanted to learn how to dance flamenco in Sevilla, samba in Rio, tango in Buenos Aires, and salsa in Havana.

21. When I was in elementary school I thought all women in Paris were slim, wore heels and black clothes, and smoked cigarettes.

22. I like hot weather as much as I like cold weather. When we visited the mountain region of Kalabaka in Greece about ten years ago, the temperature hit almost 40 degrees Celcius. I didn’t want to leave.

23. The trips I took with friends after high school made me realize I needed to learn how to compromise more.

24. I can’t remember I have ever felt bored while traveling.

25. I love most things fast-paced: fast motor boats, skiing fast, driving fast, fast roller coasters.

26. Amusement parks are one of the best inventions ever.

27. I often feel drawn between my love for cities and my love for the outdoors.

28. One day I want to realize my dream of having two ‘homes’ — one beachhouse somewhere warm and sunny, and one house/apartment somewhere else.

29. I find many European cities more beautiful at night.

30. About 80-90 % of the trips I’ve taken since high school were last minute.

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