"The real discovery trip does not consist in finding new lands but in getting new eyes" - Voltaire
My Home Town
Years ago I read an article about how to change the way you look at your own world. This idea changed me and I would like to share it with you.
Go into your home town and look upon it with the eyes of a visitor. Watch the people and how they do things. Look for interesting "quirks" and nuances. Talk to people you do not know. Ask questions about what interests them.
If you have time, do research. What is there to do and to see? What is the history and stories from the area? Check in the library, historical society or museum. Find the "roots" of you culture.
Then take a visitor to your town on a tour. Take photos and tell stories (you could send these to me and I will post them on the website in a new section called My Home Town. I don't know anything about your town!)
Once your eyes are trained in this way, you can travel anywhere and have a "discovery trip" whereever you go.
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