I can feel it. It’s coming….
Or rather, it’s already here. That slight frantic feeling, almost like a child who dances around because they have to go to the bathroom 
Unattractive similarity perhaps, but that’s how I feel. Only it’s not because of a need for the facilities, but rather a need for travel. It strikes at regular intervals unless sated, like hunger. And I feel like it’s been too long since my last meal.
Our last trip was in October, to Lake Garda. So it’s been… nearly 8 months! Are you kidding me? No wonder I’m feeling like this, like I’m dying for a trip, any trip, I’ll settle for a weekend on Lake Geneva, or even closer, justtakemesomewhereplease!
The thing is, I need it. It’s a fix. And it helps me avoid the whole “I think it’s time we move again” feeling, which i need to stave off, because frankly, moving is a giant pain. Fun and all, exciting, sure – until you get to the week before the moving date and you get a panic attack because you are not ready yet! haven’t stocked up on your favorite foods, beauty products, haven’t gone on enough last minute sightseeing trips and… Aaargh!! And then you get there and there’s the house search, and the whole getting a phone line and for God’s sake activate my internet connection before I go crazy!
So, yeah – I’m not saying I don’t ever want to move again, because I do. But not quite yet. (I can almost hear my husband’s sigh of relief upon reading this.)
When I lived here before moving to New York, I was always anxious to leave. It was torture, living here. It didn’t help that I lived in the countryside, and if you know me at all, you know I am not a countryside type of girl. Seriously, Switzerland is beautiful, and I love the great outdoors… for about an hour. And then I’m tapping my foot and looking at my watch wondering when, oh when will I get back to civilization?
However, I now realize that my issues with living in Switzerland never really arose from a problem with Switzerland itself – after all, no place is perfect – but rather with the need to see other places, different places. Basically I get bored staying in one place too long (about 3-4 months) and then I start getting this frantic feeling, like I cannot sit still, I need to get up and go somewhere right now!
So now I’m longing for the trips we took while in the US, even the little weekend road trips, and I find myself longing to be in any of those places. Seriously, anywhere! I would love to go back to San Francisco, and walk up and down the hills and along the marina and all, and maybe drive up to Berkeley, and Napa, and all that. I look at these pictures and I just want to be there.
Or be on one of our many weekend trips to Boston. Or Washington DC. Not to mention just being in New York. I can’t help but feel that I didn’t take the time to properly explore it as much as I could have, and I just want to kick myself.
On the other hand, now that I’m back in Europe, I could just focus on discovering the lovely spots on this side of the pond. I should probably start tackling my travel bucket list. First off: London, because I was only there for a day, and just didn’t get to see much (except the inside of Topshop on Oxford Circus, that is). And every time I see shots of London I cannot help but want to go right now right now right now.
P.S. As I finished typing this post it suddenly occurred to me that my last trip wasn’t 8 months ago, but at the end of April, to Sardinia. But that doesn’t count because it was a family visit, does it?
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I know your feeling. You have to go to London – it is amazing! Hope you are well!
gorgeous photos!
i’m like you – i need to get away every few months for my sanity. my little trips aren’t quite as exotic, but i count anything that gets me away from work.
Oh I know the feeling and I can’t go anywhere because I might give birth! London is an excellent choice, though. Apart from the cost of everything, I’ve never been disappointed.
I’ve been to Lake Garda. It was lovely.
It seems like you experience cabin fever on a huge scale. I do love to travel, but my favorite place to be is at home. I work from home, as well, so sometimes I don’t leave here for days. Literally. And then I will become frantic to OMG get out and go somewhere, just for a minute.
Is London the next trip, then? I was born in England, and London is quite lovely
Darling, I know this gypsy feeling all TOO well!!! I get it even while I’m freaking traveling! I hope that you get your trip soon–you deserve it!
If you need company on your London trip, I know all the best places for kids. You *did* mean bring the kids, right? *blink, blink*
Spain’s almost here. You can do it!
I know the feeling. I get “sand in my shoes” as my dad says and need to go some place. I prefer traveling in Europe to the US though. There’s so much stuff to see. Our last trip was a Mediterranean cruise in May and it settled my wanderlust for a while, but I’m starting to feel the itch again (and it hasn’t even been 2 months!). Indy and I are going to London in Oct (Ryanair flights are crazy cheap right now-round trip from Karlsruhe to London is 12 Euro a person!), then we’re going to Garmisch, Germany and Paris in Dec when my mom and step-dad come for a visit. We’ll probably go to Edinburgh in March, then the Kukenhof in May and another Med. cruise in early June. I have to schedule a trip every few months or I’ll go nuts. I don’t know that I’ll make it to Oct though. I may have to plan a weekend trip before then.
You MUST go to London. It is fabulous. There’s so much to see and do.
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July 15, 2010 at 9:09 AM
I seem to have caught the travel bug as well Elisa!! But I have kind of solved the problem by moving back and forth from the cottage to home every six months. Then we got the RV and we were on the road for much of last year. Now I’m the one sitting here tapping my foot saying WHEN are we going SOMEWHERE??? ANYWHERE??? Of course, it does make a difference that my husband is retired now. We are taking a little trip to visit his family for a little less than a week. But it’s something! And I actually get to PACK! And SHOP!!! I always think of you when I am shoe shopping!! Hope all’s well my friend!! And guess what….I still have three chocolate bars left!!! WOOHOO!!
You’re right, a trip to the place you grew up doesn’t really count. Unfortunately, our trip time and budget was taken up on a funeral
and school is just 3 weeks away so I don’t think we’ll make one this year. Fortunately, my kids think it’s a trip to spend the weekend at my parents’ and I think it’s a vacation when they’re there and I’m not!
I am a travel junkie as well; we’ve recently been to Montreal and I so would like to live there. For a while. But also in Hawaii, in Japan. Or in Paris.
Point is that one learns so much from being around – and staying away from household – seeing different people, talking to them…the “give and receive” is much more stimulating (risky at times) than when staying always in the same place.
Wish you many interesting new trips!
I know how you feel lady! Summer really makes me feel like going everywhere, too – so I’m feeling it now!
I know that wanderlust feeling. I get it big time. I don’t consider my need sated unless I get on a plane, though. And preferably a plane to somewhere that requires my passport. Sadly it’s been three years for that. SIGH. I guess I’ll have to console myself with the little domestic trips.
Normally I wouldn’t count family trips, but when family is in somewhere as amazingly beautiful as Sardinia, that changes the rules a little.