This travel quote is famous among dreamers and wanderers alike, and for good reason. It’s a beautiful tribute to taking risks and choosing the nontraditional. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the…

I’ve been blogging up a storm lately, and so this travel quote caught my eye immediately. “A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” -Moslih Eddin Saadi Writing about travel has forced me to become more observant, more inquisitive, and more reflective. In part, I see this blog as a gift to myself; something to…

I haven’t put up a travel quote in a while now, and I miss them! “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list” -Susan Sontag As you may know, Mark and I just returned from a seven week trip through Vietnam and Cambodia. I find that travel is a thirst that is never quenched. The…

This travel quote struck me deeply the moment I read it. I mulled it over and over in my head, repeating it to friends and waiting to hear their thoughts. Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled. -Mohammed As someone who has spent more of her life in an educational…

I love this week’s travel quote, which I find applies especially strongly to travel bloggers. “Pilgrims are poets who create by taking journeys.” -Richard Niebuhr See? I’m not bumming around the world, I’m creating a piece of art! That’s what I’ll tell any naysayers from here forward…

This quote has appeared on this blog before, but is so beautiful I believe it warrants a repeat. “It is not necessarily at home that we best encounter our true selves. The domestic setting keeps us tethered to the person we are in ordinary life, who many not be who we essentially are.” -Alain de Botton…