What is Worth Seeing?
Now this is an interesting question to me: what is
actually worth seeing in Europe? By that I mean
that usually we think of great architectural
elements like the Coliseum or the Vatican as
being the things to see.
What if it is not that?
What if it is not cities?
What if it is the countryside?
What if it is the people?
Who is to say what it is that makes overseas
travel worth doing? Maybe I would get as
much out of sitting in an italian kitchen with
a farm wife who knows no English, trying to
help with the main meal of the day, as I would
get out of visiting some fancy museum. Having
never done this, that is, having never been to
another country, it is difficult for me to know
what I might prefer.
I have been reading some guidebooks. They
tell me lots of facts, but they do not always
draw a true picture of the spirit of the country.
Of course, it would be nice to the the Mona Lisa
and the Eiffel Tour, but is it possible to see all
of Europe’s great attractions on my first trip?
Somehow I need to prioritize what it is I want
to acocmplish.
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