I have had a strong desire to travel for as long as I can
remember. My theory is that there are so many amazingly gorgeous places out
there why not try and see them all? Last year around this time, I was lucky enough
to get the opportunity to travel to Europe. We went to Ireland, The Netherlands
and Spain; needless to say that that trip did not help my travel fever. The Australian
Outback, the mountain in Austria where my Opa’s family is from all the way down
to bio diverse the Galapagos Islands and Brazilian Amazon, which all ring in
near the top of my list.
Until yesterday there was one other country that I hadn’t
given much thought to travelling. It was one that was increasingly closer to home;
in fact it has been my home for my life so far. That’s Canada for those of you
that don’t know me very well.
Last night I watched a movie in my geography class
called “Over Canada: An Aerial Adventure", the whole movie was basically a
bird’s eye view of major landmarks and important features from across the
country set to music of the particular area. Before the movie got going, my
friend Margaret (http://discoveringfreedoms.tumblr.com/
) and I thought that a movie with few words the entire time might put us
to sleep, but we were so wrong.The whole time we were just captivated with the gorgeous
scenery and it really
opened my eyes to what an amazing country I live in.
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| Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia |
I have always known that Canada has a lot to offer on the
nature side of things but never was very excited to explore it more; I have always
just given visiting other countries a higher priority. But I think that will change
in the future. That is not to say that I will not love every minute of
traveling to Botswana in September but I realize I have a lot of my own country
to see before I keep adding more destinations to my list.
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| Mount Robson, BC The Highest Point in the Canadian Rockies |
Have you had any experiences, overseas or here, that have
made you appreciate your country even more?
Or have you travelled anywhere in Canada that I should add to
my list?
