Traveling opens us; opens our eyes, our minds, our hearts and our souls. When on the road, we want every experience to jump inside us, and perhaps even change us. This is one of the most addicting aspects of travel. It becomes very easy to meet other people who are just as open and excited about the world as you are. This openness easily facilitates very genuine, romantic relationships to form between travelers. I began my year of traveling just out of a three-year relationship, not looking for love by any means.
As it always seems to happen, love finds you, no matter the corner of the earth you fly to. I came into the relationship with no expectations or judgments the best way to look at life, if I may say so. Elizabeth Gilbert , eat your heart out. Dating while traveling should be a prerequisite for marriage. You learn about a person in a different style than when dating. And most likely they have seen the same of you. As anticipated, we went our separate ways. Besides the digital facts, love has a hard time with distance.
Distance: perhaps something we travelers have a love affair with in itself. But what to do with these love affairs we have on the road, out there?
To return from whence we came is usually unavoidable. Upon returning, there is an even stronger desire to connect with where you have released so much energy in the past few months; to share everything about your home with this other person.
To keep the flame alive you have to continually live inside memories. When this happens, your energy is not centered, and reality can become confusing when there is too much attachment.
