“Travel Broadens the Mind” – or Does It?

I do agree, but I as well as disagree with this axiom, this self evident truth. What is widen one s musical theme? What is travelling? Travel broadens the see, at least according to an axiom that is very salubrious known, as well as used. I am not sort of sure that this peculiar(prenominal) axiom still holds true. At least not for me. But indeed again, maybe it does. And this, exactly, is my heading. First of tout ensemble, the ever expanding international tourism makes the world smaller. non in actual size as a planet, of course, but people (and peoples) conquer ever much closer to ACH different, and obtain now, more than ever, probably, an amazing mightiness and opportunity to go and see new places distant and evoke destinations ar suddenly available to them, places people only dreamed ab bulge and was out of their reach only a few decades ago. Now, Its all thither cheap, fast, exciting Nearly everyone Is golf abroad these days. Going abroad sess, and does, broa den your mind. I m sometimes Just not sure about the travelers aw beness, or motivation, If you will, for his or her or their traveling.So, why do we travel? To stay away from home. To get that perfect tan we missed because of the rainy Norwegian summer of 2011. To visit a friend. To see the Seven Wonders Of The 10 go snooping canap, expensive stun. 10 see Tanat Tavern Dana AT ours Tanat din t come to Norway because they only toured Canada this year.. L could go on and on, and on on that point are as many a(prenominal) reasons for traveling as there are travelers, I suppose. Or even more. In one way or the other, the traveling around is bound to have at least a minimum of effect on the mind-broadening.Even though, in some cases, you aloud t necessarily be aware of this you Just (at least) feel some grade of satisfaction from the fact that you really have do something for yourself. Well buste Traveling exposes us to a huge variety of NEW sensations there are sights to be seen , sounds to be heard, food to taste, and wine, and there are smells and beliefs and cultures and rituals. each(prenominal) of which are, or can be, new to us. Its right there. One click away. If, or rather when, I go too place where I have or haven t been before, I always look in front to these things, these new sensations.. SST of all, the food, I must admit, but every single find and new experience is heartily welcomed. One of the very best memories I have from traveling around the world, is one from Mexico around ten years ago.. L sat all the way out on the tip of the Yuccan Peninsula, all by myself, with my left foot in the see-through blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and my right foot in the Caribbean Sea. In that particular situation, I know for a self-established fact, that my mind was broadened. Not intellectually, Id say, rather more in a spiritual way. It was awesome.This brings me to a point where Id like to stress something quite important, more or less my upshot sentences for this essay What exactly does broadening ones mind mean? .. And what exactly is traveling? I dare say that this could, and probably will be, discussed, forever. Talking with other peoples, surfing the internet, reading books, cartoons, texts, watching TV-shows about The Great White Sharks in the Pacific Ocean. This is also part of the whole aspect of traveling, and it also hopefully does, broaden peoples minds. You can maybe even look into a few new wordsSo, the mission of your (or my) traveling is an aspect that is quite interesting Why do we do it? What do we want to get to? Whats out there thats not here? Lets face it. Some, or many of us, are lazy. We sit at home, right in the midst of summer, watching Characterize . We laugh at, not with, the television personalities that at least very got their bottoms out of their couches, to go on vacation. To have fun. And we feel that we are let on people than them. I know at least I do. And a few toners. I guess It alwa ys apneas on ten traveler s mission, or goal, Tort ten trap.Is It the tan? Is it to learn Hieroglyphs? To walk the mountains around Everest? Or is it something completely different? Is Charter-tourism broadening ones mind? Going All Inclusive, with everything paid for and made out for you beforehand.. You don t actually do anything but follow the orders that you ordered online? It can be. But you could also stay at home, get a housekeeper for a few weeks, go to the tanning studio and maybe save a couple of pennies for the piggy-bank. And rent some movies, and surf the internet and listen to right-hand(a) music.That probably would be cheaper, and as I see it, much more mind- broadening. But then again, if you chose the charter-way, you would have the opportunity to see Grand Canadian s beautiful countryside, the mountains, the small towns, the local fishermen.. Outside of Lass palms and all the other tourist-traps. You would t have that opportunity if you stayed home, obviously. Con clusion Travel broadens the mind. Yes it does, and no, it doses t. But then again, it does. And so it goes. It all depends on the Whoso, the Whats, the Whereas the definition f broadening ones mind and traveling.Also, it depends on the purpose of the traveling, if there is one. But, I presume that one can say that there always is. And, of course, the port you re traveling. Are you actually, physically on Flight 943 to New York, sit in seat F in row 34? Or are you perhaps reading a book about it? Or are you dreaming about doing so? Maybe youre already in Lass Palms, physically, in the Magnolias desert, rambling around having the time of your life in a dune-buggy. Or, as the flogger Kanata insightfully states l am reminded of E. M. Foresters A board with a View.