Yesterday sharp at 8:30 began the weekly travel chat #TravelIST. I had been repeatedly missing it for the last couple of weeks. I was still late and had missed almost half of it and around first three questions.
@richa_singh 23h
I am here! I am here! Very late but made it! @bijoyv and @Living_Escaping did I miss a lot? #TravelIST
@kuldepz 23h
@richa_singh @bijoyv @Living_Escaping just 3 questions.. but u can catch up 🙂 #TravelIST
@bijoyv 23h
@richa_singh An awful lot. Some lesbian stories, loo stories, etc. We’re kicking ass on #TravelIST today! But join in! @Living_Escaping
@Living_Escaping 23h
@richa_singh @bijoyv Welcome!!! Was wondering when we’d see you #TravelIST
@onhisowntrip 23h
@richa_singh @bijoyv @Living_Escaping So late, little girl 🙂 #TravelIST
Well you get the gist right? Yes everyone was missing me 😀 Now moving on.
Rushing happily through the next two questions we arrived at question 6 .
@Living_Escaping 23h
Q6 is here! How has a travel experience challenged your idea of conventional romance? #TravelIST
It was the question itself which did something to me. I could not hold myself back. Perhaps something she had asked had been in my mind for a while. Something I wanted to speak. Somewhere the idea had germinated and now had got a chance to believe.
These were my three answers to the question.
It was like a Pandora’s box. I thought all night, all day and still had more to think. Why had I never penned down my thoughts on this before. I have no idea. I do know that I almost never chronicle my travels. Something which I am most definitely going to try this year more and more.
Moving on again, I told you right at the start. This is going to be a very confusing post.
I know it is a sadistic way of seeing life but when I am away from home, I miss it and when I am back I miss the feeling of missing it.
But then the idea is romance here. It is romance which makes me think more today. The thought of being away from home and missing it is one but the thought of being away from home and being with only that one person who matters is another.
Of stopping somewhere in the middle of everything and realising your home is exactly where he is. It is the place you two are holding hands together, it is the chai you are sharing in that cold, it is that beach where the waters have reached upto your knees it is that sunset over the hills you see.
For me the idea of traveling with my loved ones to distances far and wide is love this Valentine. It is the idea of experiencing the varied colors of life together that is romance. And yes the union of two hearts underneath the wide sky, home.
Traveling makes you tolerant, it makes you see another man’s another life’s perspective with compassion and yes in process learning to speak the language of passion and love is a natural outcome.
This year I celebrated this wonderful thought on Valentine’s day with my fellow bloggers. Read them too at Write Tribe’s language of love
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nicely put nice tho’ts…cheers..kp it up 🙂
Thanks a lot Kuldeep glad you liked them 🙂
u’re welcome 🙂
home is where the heart is, or as you said where he is? 🙂
Yours is in Germany 😛
haha..mine is divided into three parts one in Germany, one in Pune and one in Guwahati!! phew!
haha well that is a lot of places to share a home with 😀
‘Of stopping somewhere…’ that paragraph is so lovely and heartfelt. Beautiful sentiments here…
Thanks a lot Roshan 🙂
Totally agree… home <3
Thanks for dropping by 🙂
Love with nature is the best kind of love and those three bful tweets – just loved them
Good to come across this today
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Thanks for dropping by, glad you liked the writing and thoughts <3
I agree traveling or being away from your loved one makes you realize how imp they are to you and your life…
Yes it does Ruchira 🙂
Love your take on Valentine, Richa. It sure makes us tolerant and lovable as human beings. A unique and hatke take:)
Happy V Day:)
Same to you Vishal 🙂 and yes it is true it does make us more tolerant 🙂
I do enjoy traveling with my love much more than being on my own…thanks for opening me up to day dream this morning!
Ahh such a beautiful way to start a morning no? To simply reel in dreams 🙂
Awesome post! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I am very glad you liked it 🙂
Ah, this is very well written!
Thanks Sophie 🙂
One is happiest with one’s soulmate 🙂 Loved your confusing post 🙂
Thanks a lot Sulekkha 🙂
If you are together with the ones you love most, it doesn’t really matter where you are because you are home. ♥
That is so true Kathy <3
I completely agree with Kathy…
Lovely
Thanks Shelly 🙂
“I know it is a sadistic way of seeing life but when I am away from home, I miss it and when I am back I miss the feeling of missing it.”
COULDN’T AGREE MORE!
Thanks Sweets 😀
It seems eventually all travels lead us back to that feeling of home within…even when or especially when we are away from the physical home. Enjoyed working my way through this post 🙂
Thanks a lot Beloo 🙂 and perhaps this idea is what appeals to many voracious travelers no?
Richa lovely…. Reading this made me think too y I have never penned my thoughts on this! Home is where he is…i read that para out to hubby 🙂
Aditi do it then! Pen down your thoughts on this as well. Ahhh why didn’t we think on this before no?
I’m always glad to be home. I guess I’ve already travelled a lot so travelling no longer has any great appeal. I travel to meet people rather than see places.
I remember you writing something on similar lines elsewhere too… maybe with time I might come to a similar conclusion…
being away from something or someone u love only makes u love and miss them more.wow something we know but never realised.well said
Well now you do 🙂
Okay spolier alert: am having mixed feeling about this post! I enjoy traveling with him/without him equally… 😛
hahaha no spoiler alert I know even I would. And in fact it is my resolution to try it this year too!
“Everyone was missing me.” Now that actually made me smile! “Of stopping somewhere in the middle of everything and realising your home is exactly where he is.” beautiful post! 🙂
Thanks a lot Payal 🙂 glad you liked it <3
Home definitely is the place where the heart is. Nice post Richa.
Thanks a lot Geeta 🙂
You have perfectly put my thoughts in words. I havent been able to go on lot of travels with him, so this feeling is always there when I try to plan a travel/adventure with him & it fizzles out. You put words to the feelings.
Thanks for writing this post. Happy Valentines !
I am very glad you liked it. And yes Happy valentines!! 😀
Well..travelling is definitely not my love these days…I have travel sickness lately… But before I used to dream romantic tales and about love in general while travelling. Gone are those days..
Very nice read Richa…
Touching post …!
Very nicely put Richa… Home is where your heart is, I believe…In the end, only the persons matter… not where you are or what you have..,The persons whom you love. Lovely post:-)
Just to let you know that I was here – over a year late – but I’m reviewing the entries to make sure the results of this contest are announced finally. My apologies for the inordinate delay. Keep writing, Richa.