Around the World in 80 Days

"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign."

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Around the World in 80 Days

A story about an English man who bets he can travel around the world in 80 days with the new steam boat and railway system.

And he made it.

At all cost, against all odds, he proved himself to the world.

Today's "Google" picture was designed for the 50th anniversary of putting the first man in space.

It has been fifty years since what was once thought to be impossible.

Exchange. One year. Multiple goals. Many of which are not known well after they have been reached, or after they have been failed.

People travel the world for different reasons.

For vacation. To see beautiful places. Visit family, people. Learn a new language. Study. Travel for work.

One year being gone from what you may call home gives a view on another part of the world. How the people think. How they act, live, learn, and what they do with their time inbetween. It's called culture.

And there are many different cultures in the world.

How can you know your comfort zone, if you don't know what other zones are like?

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."

-St. Augustine

So don't read one page. Don't be narrow-minded.

Don't read the spoiler. That is saved for the lazy.

Don't read the summary. For this is only for the ignorant.

Don't read the index. As this only tells location.

And finally, don't be the reader. For this is only for the tourist.

Be the writer, and write all you can.

-mb

And I too, will be around the world in eighty days.