Thoughts for the week

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable. – Clifton Fadiman

The saying “Getting there is half the fun” became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines. – Henry J. Tillman

Travel is only glamorous in retrospect. – Paul Theroux

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything. – Charles Kuralt

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist. – Russell Baker

Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong-Kong. Vita Sackville-West