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I tend to get the holiday blues every time I come back from a trip and have to face the reality of everyday life again. I figure that if I could work out what it is about travelling that makes me feel so alive, then I can try and replicate some of those elements in my everyday life to make life easier to live. These are what I have been able to come up with to date: 1. I tend to do the same things at work - yes, the situations I have to deal with at work can be very different but they are bound by the same set of principles and rules, so I tend to merely reinforce what I already know at work everyday. When I go travelling, I learn and deal with something completely new and/or different. For instance, I really enjoyed learning more about American history like the Boston Tea Party, Sons of the Revolution, etc. Every historical detail stimulates my intellect and emotions, which is exciting and refreshing. 2. The freedom I get on holidays is diametrically opposite to the constr...

For posterity, here is my running travel diary for our trip to the USA/Canada in 2017/2018 13 December 2017 I got up at about 5:30 am in the morning and found that I slept alone all night. I went out of the bedroom and called out to Sam but there was no answer. When I went upstairs, I found him asleep on the couch. Like last time when we went on a big trip, he spent the whole night packing and cleaning up his room (he made a huge mess of it leading up to the trip). It wasn't such a bad idea because hopefully, that would make him tired enough to sleep on the plane. We left home at about 8 am and Uber-ed to the Brisbane International Airport. We had a lovely driver, who was very chatty and friendly. When we arrived at the airport, we bee-lined to the check-in counter, only to find that we were interviewed by this guy from airport security. He asked us questions like why we were travelling, how we met each other, etc - as it turned out, he supported marriage equality and told u...