Leaving on a Jet plane

it's going to be a loong day. Up at 3am this morning to catch a flight to LA, then back on the last flight tonight. At least I don't have to spend the night in a hotel!



I've been traveling almost every week for most of my working career and although I complain a lot about the frustrations of travel, I do love it (at least most of it). I've seen sunrises in every state of the US, most of Asia, several South American countries and some of Europe and that's more than most people can say. I probably have learned more from the people I've met on my travels than from any text book. I hope I never get a job that requires me to sit in the same place day after day!



They say the world is a small place. I say that travel makes it small. To anyone who has never left their home state, or home country, the world must truly be an immense place. I think this is a lesson that I learned sitting in a Japanese bath in a suburb of Tokyo. The gentleman who sat down next to me struck up a conversation I'm English (to my great sadness, I have a terrible time learning other languages) and dyring our conversation, I learned that he had gone to the University in my home town and had rented a house 2 blocks from my parents house.....7,000 miles away from where we were then sitting! That's when it struck me how small the world truly is!





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