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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