Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it. Cesare Pavese
Travels Through My Lens 
That’s certainly my husband’s view of it, Tricia.
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Sometimes it’s a challenge!
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For the most part, travelling definitely forces us to confront ourselves and our beliefs. There are ways around that now though, of course. Great quote and photo.
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That’s certainly true. Thanks Lynette.
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And yet … while travel is so brutal, we still love it!
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Agreed! Thanks Corna.
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Not sure I have the thoughts to ponder this one, except to reflect that a life of familiarity would be boring. It is when we travel that I think about life the most. Thanks as always for provoking thought and memories.
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As soon as I saw the photo I recognised Lyon straight away.
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It’s very distinctive; thanks Ian!
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Love this! Travel is the absolute best way to be challenged and changed 🙂
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Agreed; it certainly is!
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Ah, Leon. I had the rarest hamburger I’ve ever seen at the Lyon train station. It was still mooing faintly. No food poisoning, though!
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The French do like very rare beef; it’s definitely an acquired taste.
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It tasted good, and was accompanied by a delicious glass of red. What made it funnier was that it was 11:00 in the morning. Not my usual morning fare. 🙂
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Breakfast of Champions!
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You’re not the only one – I had the exact same experience and questioned whether it had even glanced a pan.
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But we lived to tell the tale! Yay, us and our Teflon stomachs!
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I love the quotes you post, they always make me think.
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I’m glad you enjoy them; thanks Hannah!
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Oh my gosh, your photo of Lyon is stunning!
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Thank you!
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