 Day 25: Sleepily Eating My Hot Cross Buns at Brekky |
Saying that I’m having trouble focusing today is a bit of an understatement. Whether it has anything to do with yesterday’s post is not clear; it could be the impending holiday approaching (tomorrow is Australia Day down under). With that in mind, today is a day to keep it simple.
I present to you, 25 travel related things that make me happy!
1. Pressing the “Book” button on an airline’s website.
2. Strapping my pack down as small as it can go.
3. Shopping for needed supplies.
4. The click of the seatbelt on the airplane.
5. Being handed free drinks on a plane.
6. Landing, and doing it safely!
7. The smell of the fresh air in a seaside town.
8. Chatting with foreigners.
9. The colors and packaging of products when food shopping.
10. Going out to new restaurants.
11. Hostels that have free wi-fi.
12. Collecting monopoly money, or money that doesn’t look real.
13. Blogging about my trip.
14. Being greeted with an inbox of comments from my readers.
15. Seeing a city at different times of the day and night.
16. Splurging on a hotel room or nice dinner out.
17. When locals go out of their way to help.
18. The sounds of people speaking another language filling the air.
19. The architecture and history of a city’s walls.
20. The new stamps and visas in my passport.
21. The idea of my camera filling up with photos.
22. The scattering of ticket stubs and receipts in my bag.
23. Travel-sized bottles of shampoo.
24. An excuse to watch the sun rise or set.
25. The feeling of very little responsibility and stress.
These are some of the travel moments that I enjoy. Care to share some of yours?
Showering off the dirt and grime after a long day of exploring… (and it has to be a hot shower too)
Oh, hot showers are magnificent. They can completely reinvigorate me when I think I can’t go anymore.
Brilliant – the click of a seat belt. These things make you happy and this post made me smile!
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Glad I could make you smile. It’s the little things that make an experience.
Clicking the book button on a flight is my FAVORITE feeling!!! You just know good things are coming
I’m with you! It never seems real until I have a ticket booked
Very nice – my faves are numbers 1, 18 and 25!
Hehe, some of my faves as well
Awesome list! I love the feeling of take-off on a plane. And the sound of my camera shutter. And waking up in a new city and forgetting for a moment that you’re away from home, but then remembering and being excited all over again.
YES! Love your last one, that’s so awesome!
I love this. The big things in life are great, but the little things get over looked. Hitting the ‘book’ button is always fun. I love the when I finally walk outside the airport, because you know the fun is just starting.
I agree! It’s all about the little things and how they come together to make a total experience.
The feeling of a plane taking off, being on a train going somewhere, anywhere… being in any kind of transportation really gets me excited. Buying something and not knowing how to ask for it in the local language (hey, I’m somewhere special!). Accents people have around you.
Ah, I love not being able to ask for something in another language, but then actually getting what you needed! It’s a moment of triumph!
Ahhh I love shopping for travel minis at the drug store! Shampoo, deodorant, facewash, toothpaste… Even if I don’t have any travel plans, I stroll down that aisle and it puts a little bounce in my step!
Plus little things are always just so darn cute
I know what you mean, though. It’s like the whole Pavlov’s dog, conditioned response. We know we’re going somewhere and it just makes us happy 
These things are awesome! I agree with Amanda on the sound of my camera shutter, it makes any embarrassment I might have for taking tons of photos completely vanish and I get totally excited about every detail of the place I’m in!
I have to admit that clicking “book” on the flight actually gives me anxiety because I know my credit card is being charged, but walking out of the airport and breathing the first breath of the city is awesome. Along with being greeted with something typical from that city, like the humidity and palm trees in Sydney!
I completely agree about the travel sized bottles of shampoo. Even if I am in Target, I always linger over the aisle with all travel sized products. I would have to add the minute the plane’s wheels are no longer on the ground and you take flight. My favorite movie French Kiss, Kevin Kline’s character says on that moment “The plane getting ready to charge the runway. The engines screaming.The pressure building. The force of it slams you back in the seat. And then… you are in the air. Everything else is behind you.” I love that about travel.
So true, Suzy! Getting away is that in so many ways. Thanks for sharing
All about #22, these have become my only real “souvenirs” from my backpacking adventures and I actually try to turn them into a collage on the wall in my bedroom! Enjoyred the post …
Thanks for reading, Scott! I enjoyed writing it, too
I totally love this list. I’m obsessed with travel size anything! One of my favorite things about traveling is eating and drinking. I love going to restaurants in other countries and tasting local cuisine!
Eating and drinking is totally a great great thing
I love connecting with a local, even if it’s just for a short conversation. I also love signs in other languages, or bad translations of English.
What is there not to love about travel! I personally get excited about – free wifi, tiny little shampoo bottles and especially booking flights. Nice list of fun stuff!
I know! Free wifi is the bomb