Thursday, September 15, 2016

lac d’annecy

A few years ago, for the second time, we took our children to France. We stayed in Annecy, in a hotel right on the lake. We awoke the first day to thousands of people stretching their strong bodies in preparation for a bike race. That day we walked around the lake. The air was crisp and clear. The water was peaceful, covered in some areas with brightly colored boats. People were happy, they were on holiday, it was summer.  Every day, for the five days we were there, was an opportunity to see something new.

We travel to get outside of ourselves and find new perspectives.  We travel to see and experience new things, to be exposed to different cultures and ideas. We travel to see something beyond our daily norm.  We travel to connect to the rest of the world.  And when we return home, we are inspired to take some of the magic and expansiveness of having seen something else, and keep it in our hearts.