I love this post! I was in Cinque Terre 15 years ago, and there's more in this post than I can even remember. I always thought we'd go back, but life gets in the way. Growing up, my family never left the country and rarely traveled unless it was for a move or to visit family, so it wasn't something I understood. But my husband and I did a whirlwind Europe tour after we got married. I'd love to travel more but it always seems so busy (and expensive to justify even though that trip 15 years ago made so many memories!) What's the secret to traveling as much as you seem to? Did you grow up traveling?
Travel changed me so much. I vowed that my own children would have the chance to see the world, and we have been fortunate to be able to show them some pretty great parts of the world. Now they are insatiable for adventure. That makes me happy. Because two years ago, one of my kids was deathly afraid of flying - now to think he only wants to travel. They all are like that. I am blessed! We are planning a Grimms Fairy Tale Road trip in Germany next spring - castle watch. I bet you would enjoy that kind of thing!
It's a toss up - I like to think of experiences as more valuable, but it is terribly expensive to travel with kids. It's a challenge I try to overcome as creatively as possible. :)Thank you, @storyseeker. You know, I never traveled outside of the states until my junior year in college. I spent the year in England and from there I went everywhere. Every chance I could, I'd take off. I even arranged classes to be Tuesday and Thursday so I'd have four day travel weekends!