To travel - to be on the road so to speak (or on the sea and in the air) - is as much a part of being human as staying put in one place. Whether by necessity, choice, or some combination of both, to undertake a voyage away from our home or from our familiar routines involves adventure, risk, and a launch into the unknown. It's been twelve years since I was last on the European continent. Through the Internet the world can be in front of us, but there is nothing like the real thing. Most of the places we will visit will be first time encounters, much as I have read or studied about them. And even the one place I do know well from firsthand experience, Paris, will no doubt feel different to
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