Sara Anderlich- Assignment 3

My experiences with travel are few and far between. I've been to Wisconsin, Florida, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Colorado, North Carolina, and Tennessee, though none of these vacations are extremely recent and I was never there more than two weeks.

The most relevant for me to discuss would probably be Tennessee and Colorado. I wouldn't say that I learned anything new as I never spoke to the people outside of my family, however there was a strong sense of culture. 

Music City, Tennessee, is remarkable. It's full of country and rock music, so if you don't like that, I wouldn't visit. I remember going last year (2019) for an ELO concert. I didn't know much about them, but my mother and stepfather wanted to take the trip to see them live. It was really interesting for me because it was much more crowded and memorable than Lexington, where I  have lived my entire life. There were so many gift shops and little parlors where people would sit in the window and play live. It definitely made the place seem more alive as each store or restaurant you passed had something different to offer. It let me visualize another way of living, where you payed attention to what was going on around you. It wasn't all happy and the more you looked, the more you would see that. There were so many alleys and nearly everywhere you look there were people in poverty.. adults and children that were homeless. It was a city with both worlds. 

Colorado on the other hand, at least where I was, was so much more serene. When I went, we had a cabin up in the mountains and I remember going out at night and actually being able to see the stars... so many stars. It was incredible and part of me wishes that I wasn't there for a family reunion with 30 some people. It was the kind of place you would go to really sit down and be at peace, and I would love to go there again, by myself or with one other friend. 

I wish I could say more or call on some of my grandfather's experiences. He's been nearly everywhere in Europe, one of his most recent excursions where he walked the Camino. Being as religious as he is, and also a philosopher, I know that that experience was something that gave him so much more to learn, as well as a new perspective. I do plan to travel in the future, maybe walk the Appalachian trail, but as of now I don't think I've even scratched the surface of what there is to learn and explore.