Every time at a business meeting when my associates learn I'll be taking several weeks off, and they ask where I'll be headed, those that know me wait patiently for the ensuing conversation...
Me: "I am going to Spain to walk across the country."
The newbies: "What?"
The friends: "You are going again? Why don't you do something else?"
Me: "You remember when you were in college, and you went to a club, and there were kids there who were very comfortable, like they are there every weekend and know their way around.. they knew the bartenders, and the dance moves, and you just wished you felt as comfortable as them? Well, Spain is my disco."
Newbies: "Huh?"
Me: "I take that back, that's only part of it. Its mostly about the people I meet. English, French, Spanish, Danes, Dutch, Italians, Germans, I love to interact with them. They all speak English, and I get to practice my Spanish too."
Me: "and then there is the exercise. 50,000 steps a day."
Newbies: 'Wow. you walk that much?"
Me: (Silent) (thinking) "Still looking to get there."
Me: "I am going to Spain to walk across the country."
The newbies: "What?"
The friends: "You are going again? Why don't you do something else?"
Me: "You remember when you were in college, and you went to a club, and there were kids there who were very comfortable, like they are there every weekend and know their way around.. they knew the bartenders, and the dance moves, and you just wished you felt as comfortable as them? Well, Spain is my disco."
Newbies: "Huh?"
Me: "I take that back, that's only part of it. Its mostly about the people I meet. English, French, Spanish, Danes, Dutch, Italians, Germans, I love to interact with them. They all speak English, and I get to practice my Spanish too."
Me: "and then there is the exercise. 50,000 steps a day."
Newbies: 'Wow. you walk that much?"
Me: (Silent) (thinking) "Still looking to get there."