Does anyone else feel really surreal when visiting a far away place?

@exexec Yes you feel strange standing where your ancestors stood. So much of our history is totally unknown but when you know exactly what happened in some place in time connected to your personal prehistory and you get to stand right there it is a trip.

@REMsleep Yes. I had a similar feeling in the church where my ancestor had been vicar in England in the 1600's.

@BlondilyOld Glad you did not go you might never have lived to tell the story!

@SW-User I think I get it. You briefly see home like a tourist would.

@JimboSaturn I'm not sure why but I lol at this.

@REMsleep This is the hotel I stayed at lol , see Bondy :P

@JimboSaturn Very. I can see someone being poisoned while eating at the outdoor tables.

@REMsleep I wonder that too, it's so strange. Sometimes a very small thing can happen and I feel like it's amazing and other time something big and unusual is going on and I'm kind of numb. Like when it snows heavily for the first time in a year, it always excites me and makes me happy despite that it happens every year and every time it looks more or less the same. I guess it could be that when I travel I always have bigger expectations than the reality is and I can much more appreciate something unexpected. When traveling, there's also some stress involved so that could be numbing too.

@CrazyMusicLover Are you introverted or cynical? I am both of those things to a degree so I was wondering if there is some correlation. Maybe traveling is overstimulating with all the hustle and bustle or perhaps you are cynical about it.
At least you take joy in the small things that is truly special and childlike. Some adults lose that ability.

@REMsleep A bit of both, also on the anxious side, which could play the role in the sense that I need to plan everything, I tend to look up places I plan to visit beforehand so then it's not much of a surprise. Ideally, I should travel with barely knowing where I'm going but that sadly is not possible due to my anxiety. I'm very cynical about common tourism, visiting the most famous places, typical vacations at places that were popularized and where many people come. It doesn't feel right, it feels staged, artificial. Yes, there's no other way to see those places on your own eyes than thronging with hundred other people but then the question is if it's even worth it in the end. Another thing is if you've seen it thousand times in movies, on pictures, leaflets and what not, there's not much left to surprise you visually. Maybe except some less pleasant things leaflets don't show you for obvious reasons. 😅

@SW-User Where was it that made you feel that way?

@SW-User Very far