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REMsleep · 41-45, F
@JimboSaturn I'm not sure why but I lol at this.
REMsleep · 41-45, F
@SW-User Where was it that made you feel that way?
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.
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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.
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. 😅
BlondilyOld · F
It felt very surreal when I was in Tijuana years ago with my best friend. We decided at the last minute to cross the border and go bar hopping. While walking to a bar, a pimp approached us inviting us to a party, he said plenty of drugs! We declined! I'll never forget how surreal that was!😳
Ontheroad · M
Not surreal, more amazed, lost in the sights and sounds, the smells, tastes and all that asail one in a new country. I love getting immersed in it all and thoroughly enjoy it. I've had a few bad experiences when strolling about in some places, but even then, after the experience was done, it was a learning experience.
exexec · 61-69, C
I get that feeling when I visit a place with family history. For example, I had notes from the Civil War that identified the exact spot where my ancestor's unit camped during the Second Battle of Manassas. When I was there totally alone one rainy morning, I had the strangest feeling that I was not alone and that he was there with me. He survived the war, so it's not like he died there.
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REMsleep · 41-45, F
@SW-User I think I get it. You briefly see home like a tourist would.
DestroyerOfIdeologies · 22-25, M
Zonuss · 41-45, M
It depends on the city, and the energy underneath.