Travel Expectations vs. Travel Reality – Part 1
Every once in a while, travel lets us down . Or, perhaps to put it differently, we let ourselves down by expecting one thing and being delivered another. Sometimes, travel expectations just don’t match up to travel reality . We build destinations up a lot in our minds. We see beautiful, postcard-perfect photos, and insert ourselves into stunning scenes of natural beauty, already picking out which photos we’ll have printed and hung on our walls once we get home. We thumb through guidebooks and lay out ambitious itineraries of the museums we’ll visit, the restaurants we’ll eat at, and the history we’ll soak up. We imagine spontaneous connections with the friendly locals, who we’ll surely remain friends with for life. And we’re already practicing the conversations we’ll have with others when we return, sharing with them every detail of the perfect adventure we’ve just had. Travel reality But, of course, this is never how it happens . Things never go completely according to plan, an...