WANDERLUST..... " A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel". That’s me...thats what I have. It's a chronic condition with no cure. The only time I have complete relief from the symptoms of this disease is when I'm actually traveling. If I am not actually on a trip then I need to be planning one and if I'm not actually planning one, I need to be thinking about where I "need" to go next. It's really a terrible thing and it's very contagious. My husband caught it almost immediately after I got it and it didn't take our daughter too much longer to catch it. Our son's immune system was somewhat more resilient, but alas, he has it as well.
The symptoms may be recognizable to you. You may have it and not know. Do you sometimes look around and wonder where the concierge is? Have you ever found yourself speaking in foreign tongues? How bout searching for last minute trips at last minute prices, knowing you can’t afford them? Can your friends tell simply by the expression on your face that you hadn’t traveled in a month. And the worse symptom….do you literally turn green with envy hearing about other people traveling when you aren’t? If you have one or more of these symptoms then you too have WANDERLUST.
I did find a temporary fix. Soon after I contracted this disease became a travel agent. I heard the saying “do what you love and you will never work a day in your life” and that’s what I do. But, just recently I found a new treatment for wanderlust and it’s called BLOGGING. You’re here, so you must have heard of it as well.
Have you been to the United Kingdom…England, Scotland or Wales? Ventured into Iceland? Explored small Italian villages in a small Italian car? Driven on the wrong side of the road in Ireland? Found yourself in a country that just a few years ago was behind the iron curtain? Made a pilgrimage to Pilzen? Are you longing for those trips but are you temporarily out of money, time, or both? Whatever the need, feel free to write about it. And, tell us how you spell relief!
Author: Diane Pajak, Travel Consultant with Travel Concepts International
