On Departure
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published: 2010-02-04 04:19:50 ( 24 months ago )fetched: 2010-02-04 05:15:31 ( 24 months ago )
I had to go to the loo and I found The Art Of Travel by Alain De Botton, it has worked out quite serendipitously. The first chapter is called 'On Anticipation'. He quotes an old Dutchman saying 'I must have been suffering from some mental aberration to have rejected the visions of my obedient imagination and to have believed like any old ninny that it was necessary, interesting and useful to travel abroad.' So he unpacked his bags and stayed home [ ... ]
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