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Friday, July 3, 2015

"10 most disappointing travel destinations".. really?

I recently read a list of the most disappointing travel places, I was surprised to see that the Pyramids of Giza, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Stonehenge, Pompeii, Naples Italy, and Athens Greece made the list. I have been to each of those places and while Pompeii was not my favorite stop I've made, it was not at all disappointing.
If I had gone to see if the places looked like their photo I would have been sorely disappointed… because they do indeed match their pictures. There is no "magic" that the camera takes away. Other then the feel of the place, seeing people from all over the world

However pictures don't allow you to feel the heat of the day with sounds of arabic on the wind as you get your ticket to go inside the Great Pyramid

Pictures don't let you feel the chill in your bones from a cloudy English day as you meet a Warlock at Stonehedge. But so glad you got a glimpse of Blue sky for a minute. 




Pictures don't let you sit under the learning tower of Pisa and marvel as you eat a piece of European chocolate, just glad you got to see it considering you hopped on the wrong bus and saw all of residential Pisa. 


Pictures don't let you make memories in the ruins in Naples, or stuff yourself with one last Pizza before headed home. They certainly don't let you feel the air off the sea as you look across the bay, or let you have a moment of awe as you admire the upside down tree. 





Pictures most certainly won't let you grumble about seeing another broken building or pathway or entombed object as you are walking about the ruins of Pompeii in the heat. 



Pictures hold moments, it is up to us to create the memory. 

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