The German language is generally not considered a romantic language, but I would have to disagree. Sure when a German speaks, it is best to wear a raincoat when standing anywhere within a 5 foot radius, and the Frenchman may cringe at the sound of German poetry, but of the two languages I know (English and German), German has incredible romance in its ideas and expressions.
The expression "Vorfreude ist die beste Freude" means essentially that anticipation yields the greatest enjoyment. In anticipation, one can expect anything and so you get enjoyment out of an unlimited potential of possibilities. I find myself in anticipation of what may be the most exciting trip of my life. I am two weeks away from departing on a one way flight to South East Asia. All I have booked so far is a flight to Bangkok and a few flights around Thailand aber ich habe ganz Suedost Asien auf dem Gewissen. The unknown is exciting and a bit scary. I have no commitment as of now and so my trip is open ended. I figure I am but young once, and I do not want to go through life with any regrets. Most of my friends assume wrongly that I am well traveled. Yes, I have seen more countries than most, but many of those trips happened either very long ago, with somebody, or in the lap of atleast semi luxury. I want to take this rare opportunity to go see the world. I have never been to Asia, never really traveled on my own, and never travelled without an end date in sight. I am excited to discover something new and more importantly use this as a growth experience for myself. I invite you the reader to come along and share my joys, my trouble, my growth, and my pain. Perhaps you are stuck in a cubicle somewhere and need to live vicariously through somebody else until you get your chance to escape and see the world. Whatever the case my writing will be here for you or maybe only for myself, but it will be here.
"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." ~ Lao Tzu
Friday, September 26, 2008
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