Me, I've never had any kind of mad desire to travel, keeping in mind I spent the first 44 years of my life in New York City, why would I want to go anywhere else? Friends would say "Oh you would love San Francisco" or New Orleans or London or Paris - those seemed to be the big four. No one ever suggested Asia, the Far East, Africa, or even Italy where my Grandparents are from. It was those four cities and no others. I guess I'm a bit transparent - the Broadway Matron, the city girl, all concrete and carbon monoxide.
Actually the only place I ever really wanted to see was Edinburgh. Fell in love with that city when I was a wee bairn. A travel book materialized in the house and I devoured Scotland and Edinburgh - castles, and dragons and highlands and moors; the fairy and the fey - the stuff that my 8-year old dreams were made of.
So no traveler I. Nowadays you couldn't get me on an airplane for all the tea in China. Not that I am afraid of flying, I enjoy taking off and landing, the time in between is a tad boring unless there is turbulence. I love turbulence. But I don't have the patience for all the security mishagoss or for sitting for 8 hours or more - captive in a tin can.
Cruises? Oh no, no, no, no. Aside from my morbid fear of the water, once again I would be a captive - and it's more the captive part than the water part that I balk at. I do not go anywhere that I can't leave when I want to. Nothing will give me a massive anxiety attack faster than being in a place I can't leave.
But there are other kinds of travelers, and for 25 years, until I married, I was this kind of traveler...
And lordy, but weren't Elvis and Ann Margaret too beautiful?
Been to San Francisco, but I've no desire to go to any of the other cities including New York City. I'm not a fan of big cities. Now cruise ships is quite another thing. Love them. I could live on a cruise ship. I'd weigh 300 pounds, but I could live on one. Give me someplace tropical and I'm a happy girl.
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Grace! You were a heart breaker, weren't you? Well, good for you. Can't decide who's prettier...Ann or Elvis. And I would love to travel...but am afraid of flying...how po-dunk is that?
ReplyDeleteTruth to tell - yes. Tho I don't know why it should have been so. Men are weird - the more you don't care, the more they do! And honey, I so did not care!
ReplyDeleteNot much in to travel myself. I guess I've always been a big time home body. As for Elvis and Ann, what's not to like there. I can remember when I was a kid how much I enjoyed watching Elvis movies. I think I was secretly in love with him :)
ReplyDeleteAnn Margaret is still so beautiful but those two together, WOW! I love to travel and see new places but always love to get home too but mainly because of my furbabies. If they could go too, I could travel all the time!
ReplyDeleteI remember this song by Peter, Paul and Mary but when I heard the Elvis version; First he includes a line that is very important that almost everyone else leaves out and Second, I was so truck by how absolutely beautiful the two of them were.
ReplyDeleteReally? I hate sleeping in strange beds and strange places and all the self-imposed activity. I think if you want to really experience a different place you should live there - like rent a place for a month or two and settle into the life of the place.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I miss the fur-babies even when I am around locally - can you imagine bopping around town with a cat in a large handbag the way some people do with those tiny dogs? Never gonna happen :)
I'm with ya--I never have the want to cruise. And for the very same reason you don't--it's the not having the ability to do what I want and when. It would drive me mad. Also, I don't want to eat dinner with strangers every night. I hate small talk.
ReplyDeleteDang, Elvis and Ann Margaret were a bit before my time, but YES, they were lovely. Robert Redford was lovely like that too in his day. I still sigh when I see "The Way We Were" --he was just so .....LOVELY. It pains me to see him now--aging.
I simply can't process the feeling of being confined. Also when I'm done with something (or someone) then I'm done. OK, so I'm a bit of a control freak...
ReplyDeleteRobert Redford was one of those I never "got" along with Paul Newman, which is strange because I am a sucker for blue eyes - but neither of those men ever did a thing for my hormones - maybe they were more interesting in real life.
I'm with you. No flying, no cruises. Those days are over.
ReplyDeleteElvis and Ann Margaret are too beautiful; gorgeous even. Thanks for the song. Jennings can't be beat on this one, though. mtcw
For me they never really began - when I was younger and single I would pop off for a long weekend wherever I had quest status and always a late winter vacation to Jamaica. Went on a 3-day cruise to nowhere once - we were already to jump ship after a few hours...
ReplyDeleteI only knew this song by Peter, Paul and Mary - Elvis uses a line that I didn't hear on any other version including Gordon Lightfoot's and he wrote it!
You love turbulence? That makes one of you.
ReplyDeleteIf I could I'd get a motorhome and take the furbabies and head off to wherever with no schedule at all. I don't enjoy packing and unpacking every night so agree that renting a place for a month or two would be the way to go if we didn't have our own "home" to travel in. I'd love to take the whole family around just locally too but Sadie is a tad too big to fit in a handbag! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, isn't your town dog friendly? So many places nowadays make an extra effort to accommodate woofies.
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