Travelling

People are often astonished by how little I travel. When they find out that I lived in Portugal for more than four years, they tell me about all those famous places in Portugal they heard about or visited during their own holidays. I didn't see all of them yet. I am not a traveller, at least not in the sense of visiting new places. If I am on the road (or rather in the air) it is for my job or to visit my family or friends. It has always been like that. For example, I was living in Bavaria for two years and only passed through Munich once. And as it wasn't the purpose of that trip, I didn't even stop. Years later I was living back in Saxony and on holidays with a friend I visited Nuremberg for the first time, which is actually very close to the place I used to live. So I am travelling, when the opportunity arises, to be with people I like, not for the sake of exploring and finding beautiful places.

There have always been many beautiful places around my homes, places I often visited by bike or on foot. I am very happy with those - no need for seeking more and more (or just different kinds of) beauty on further away places.

And here in Ireland I will travel around the island with visiting friends, but I don't have a list with 'places to see'. Because for me it is the people that matter rather than the places. I wont find anything without, which I am not already carrying within.