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

I don't know if I am just odd or or if Im just too mentally stimulated by everything which I can be sometimes, but whenever I have traveled to a different country things feel odd or surreal sometimes like I've jumped into the TV screen or Im in a dream.
I mean not 100% but yeah kinda unreal but in a good way. I might just be overwhelmed by how different things are especially since I've only been out of the country a few times. Anyone else feel like this?

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

Opposite, I often feel as if I've seen it all already even if it's completely new for me. I'm honestly often disappointed in myself for how meh I feel at moments when I should be exhilarated. Only later, when I look back and start processing it all I realize how awesome it was.

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@CrazyMusicLover I wonder why you feel so jaded in the moment I would hate for that to happen because I love to experience new things I get excited about even the smallest of things internally anyways. But I do feel jaded emotionally sometimes sometimes like I should be feeling more

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@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.

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@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.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@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. 😅