In two days Santa will bring happiness to the world; if you're from France, Père Noël will get his groove on just like our Fat Man. The world is a big place with lots of cites I've never seen. Personally, I've been to three continents and seven countries in my 31 years. But when I was putting together my resume and considering my travel experience I began to question the definition of a well-traveled person. So the question I ask is, "are you well-traveled, or are you well, traveled?"well-traveled
adjective
1 (of a person) having traveled widely.
2 (of a route) much frequented by travelers.
traveled |ˈtravəld|
adjective [with submodifier or in combination ]
1 having traveled to many places : he was widely traveled.
2 used by people traveling : a less well-traveled route.
As a Global Business student and a person who has worked for the airlines just over ten years, I consider myself to be a fairly well-traveled person. Perhaps I am more "widely traveled".
Here is an overview of cities I have been in for at least one day (not sure I can recall all of them). Obviously I have included and omitted many smaller cities. So you tell me...am I well-traveled or simply, well...traveled? How about you?
Australia: Brisbane, Byron Bay (favorite city in the world), Cairns, Surfers Paradise, Sydney
Canada: Edmonton, Kelowna, Vancouver
France: Biarritz, Chamonix, Giverny, Nice, Paris, Sallanches
Mexico: Ixtapa, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta
Netherlands: Amsterdam
Switzerland: Bern
United States
Arizona: Phoenix, Tempe, Tucson
California: Crescent City, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose
Colorado: Boulder, Breckenridge, Denver, Dillon, Georgetown
District of Colombia: Washington
Hawaii: Honolulu, Kauai
Idaho: Boise
Illinois: Chicago
Louisiana: New Orleans
Michigan: Lansing
North Carolina: Durham
Nebraska: Omaha
Nevada: Las Vegas
New York: New York
Oklahoma: Tulsa
Oregon: Ashland, Bend, Eugene, Medford, Pendleton, Portland, Redmond, Salem
Pennsylvania: Scranton
Texas: Dallas, Houston
Virginia: South Boston
Washington: Fircrest, North Bend, Olympia, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma
Wisconsin: Madison, Milwaukee
6 comments:
If u choose to go to these places then well traveled is great for experience sake. If u go because u r forced well u traveled. I think it comes down to asking yourself if you are in life or living it? Ponder that over a bottle of Merlot my brother,
where's erik when you need him...
i am living.
speaking of E, where is he?
Use the hyphen, not the comma.
I didn't know you went to Hawaii. I saw some map thing on Stanton's blog that would tie in well with this post.
I've been to three countries, and have only be west of Bend, Oregon twice. (Chicago)
I am not well-traveled.
i'm not well-traveled at all. i've never been anywhere of note. i look forward to more travelling now that i actually have some money and a whole summer off.
travel costs a pretty penny and is something i've been able to do because of my airline employment. being to fun places certainly has its perks, but it's always nice to come home. best trip ever: australia with shaney
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