The reason behind name is that it encompasses the way I see travel and what I plan to share with you.
Dream is the largest part of it. It is the planning; deciding on a place to visit, finding a good place to stay, learning some of the language, reading some guidebooks and travel stories, oh and Pinterest, lots and LOTS of Pinterest! I am a planner by nature and planning a trip is so much fun for me! I really savor this time since it gives me a taste of the trip before I ever leave my house.
Depart is the travel part itself on the way to your destination. I have lots of tips and tricks because this may as well be fun too! We have so many ways to travel and so many things to see and do along the way that the vacation starts as soon as you leave the house with your bags packed.
Explore is the new sights and experiences when you reach your well researched destination, where you spend some hard-earned money and where you learn who you are and what you love! Take lots of pictures, talk to lots of people, find little hole in the wall restaurants and shops and try to become a local for a bit. Your travel will be much richer and you will be better for it.
“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” – Michael Palin
Travel is important. This is the very reason why I started this blog. I love to travel and would rather do so than do just about anything else.
I believe that everyone should travel as much as they are able. Travel broadens your world view and changes you to your very core and I believe that it makes you a better person. Perhaps it is that you have to step outside of your comfort zone in order to travel. You actually have to leave everything you know about your daily life and go somewhere else to figure out the way they do it; how they eat, what they do for fun, and which awesome thinkers have left their mark in this new place.
Most of my favorite trips have been overseas. Does all travel need to be international? Absolutely not, but some should be. At least once in your life leave your beloved homeland even just for a few days. When you are a stranger in a strange land it changes you even more profoundly. You develop compassion and curiosity. You find out if you really have a taste for adventure or just wish you did. No matter what happens, you will get a story out of it.
“Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” -Dalai Lama
Happy Travels!
Cheryl Burke
Dream. Depart. Explore. 