What I’ve Learned Lately About Travel:
1. Mexico City is awesome–not horrifically dirty or unsafe as rumor might have you believe. Do you love walkable cities, art, great food, cafe culture, music, and dance? Then you’ll probably love Mexico City.
Check out my Mexico City visual diary here.
Check out what I have to say about one truly wonderful Mexico City neighborhood.
And who knew Mexico City has Venice-like canals?
And of course there’s a fabulous history of art that’s kept alive in many ways.
2. Saying YES to life puts me in a traveling mindset no matter where I am.
3. No matter your circumstances, if you want to travel there are ways to afford it.
4. Destination weddings rock! We had one in Hawaii, and we went to one on Catalina. And I hope we’ll be going to more! Here are three reasons why I love them:
- Destination weddings provide people with an “excuse” to travel somewhere. Even though we are California natives, we’d never before been to Catalina. It reminded me of a sweet Mediterranean village.
- The wedding becomes about more than spending a day with family and friends. We spent days before and after our wedding hanging out with our loved ones on the beach, eating meals together, and doing all kinds of fun activities (such as ziplining, swimming with dolphins, and snorkeling). The wedding, then, is an opportunity to spend some living time together outside of the usual demands of everyday life.
- A destination wedding can be fun to plan. It doesn’t have to be stressful. When you relax into it, all kinds of serendipity abounds. I recommend deciding where you want it to be and when without worrying in advance who will or won’t be able to come. People’s schedules and lives are always in flux. If they are meant to be there, it’ll happen. We thought we’d have only 4 or 5 people attending, and we ended up with 40! Also: network and explore. Contact people to let them know what you are doing. Next thing you know, all kinds of possibilities will float your way. We had one friend living in Hawaii who ended up helping us find a brand-new venue that didn’t even open until a few weeks before we got married. We found our officiant online–and she has ended up becoming a good friend. There were many other amazing aspects of ourfree-floating planning that you can read about here.
Five Things I Believe About Travel
1. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” — Martin Buber
2. Travel teaches us to see life and ourselves anew.
3. Travel teaches us flexibility of mind, body and spirit.
4. Wander nearly rhymes with wonder.
5. The traveling mindset can be cultivated anywhere.
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