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“Whatever you believe, and however, each of us deals with these events in our lives, one thing is for certain the truism, time is a great healer, is of no consolation at that moment of intense, all-consuming grief.

From GLASS HALF FULL”
― Sarah Jane Butfield

“Meet Jan! (Quotes from Jan Does Europe)

"I'm having a wonderful life.

"I visualize myself strong, beautiful and good.

"I love with all of me.

"Everyday my mind is filled with thoughts of people I love.

"I am the person I want to be.

"I do all the things I fear I can't.

"I'm where I should be.

"I have much to be happy for.

"Isn't that the point, to enjoy our lives no matter what?”
― Jude Arnold, Jan Does Europe

“For some people, the lure of travelling and exploration is just too strong to resist. I have jokingly called this the ‘Itchy Feet Syndromeâ€�. Years ago, you would have been able to spot this person easily, as their passport would have been filled with exotic stamps and visas. Today, they are likely to have a mass of photos and travel stories uploaded onto their Facebook page or blog.

So what makes some people reach for their passport at every opportunity? What inspires them to leave home and travel the world on a sailboat or in a converted van? Is it simply a need to explore and see what is around the next corner? Or is it a deeper desire to be free, to live a simpler life?

On talking to many of the authors who have contributed their travel story to this anthology, it became clear that having ‘Itchy Feetâ€� is a real thing. Many have described how they felt this way from a young age, or even inherited this from their parents or grandparents. What is clear is that their desire to travel is so strong they cannot resist the attraction of the next new place or experience.”
― Alyson Sheldrake, Itchy Feet - Tales of travel and adventure: An anthology of travel stories

“As Rosa rolled the hard boiled egg across my forehead I wasn’t as disturbed as you might think, even though I was sitting on a plastic table in a five star hotel bathroom in my underwear, being chattered at in Spanish by a lady I’d met only the day before in the herb and flower market. The truth is, I’ve probably done stranger things in hotel bathrooms.”
― Becky Wicks, Latinalicious - The South America Diaries

“I love her courage and heart! Funny, poignant, wise, and woke—an ideal travel companion.â€�
—Joan Walsh (The Nation, CNN)”
― Lea Lane, Places I Remember: Tales, Truths, Delights from 100 Countries

“June 1, 2015
“I’m on the airplane going back home. Everyone is speaking English. It doesn’t feel real. Like I’m living a dream. I don’t feel it in my soul that I should be going home.”
― Kathleen Parisien, Citizen of the World : Part One: A Courageous Story of Volunteering Abroad, and Solo Backpack Travel in South America

“AS I SIT HERE ON this plane, I wonder how on earth I got here. I was meant to be at university like most of my friends. Am I really doing the right thing? Too late now, I say to myself as the plane takes off.”
― P.L. Jones

“From what I could make out, all this free love they preached translated into a lot of sex and drugs. This meant a lot of stoned guys spreading a lot of STDs and unwanted, unplanned babies. Ever been to a commune? If so, you know what I’m talking about. If not, you missed nothing, believe me.”
― P.L. Jones

“I remember the friendliness of everyone. Shaking hands and kissing when they said hello and goodbye, it was so removed from the cold and unfeeling place we had come from. I was beginning to appreciate the place we were in and loving Europe and its way of life. It was so laid-back compared to my old world.”
― P.L. Jones

“I was beginning to believe that it is foolish and perhaps pretentious and often boring, as well as damnably expensive, to make a meal of four or six courses just because the guests who are to eat it have always been used to that many. Let them try eating two or three things, I said, so plentiful and so interesting and so well cooked that they will be satisfied. And if they are not satisfied, let them stay away from our table, and our leisurely comfortable friendship at that table.

I talked like that, and it worried Al a little, because he had been raised in a minister's family and had been taught that the most courteous way to treat guests was to make them feel as if they were in their own homes. I, to his well-controlled embarrassment, was beginning to feel quite sure that one of the best things I could do for nine-tenths of the people I knew was to give them something that would make them forget Home and all it stood for, for a few blessed moments at least.”
― M.F.K. Fisher, Long Ago In France: The Years In Dijon

“I kissed him, throwing my arms around his neck. I didn’t think twice about it. I didn’t hold back my love. I wanted him with every part of my being. His energy pulled me down to earth and sent my legs growing into the ground like the roots of a tree. He spoke about us having 'vibes' and tried to explain it to me as though I wouldn’t know what he was talking about, like I didn’t know the language of souls, like I hadn’t noticed that when we sat next to each other the air buzzed between us.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“The village was kissed by a kaleidoscope of colour â€� on the facades of restaurants, hostels and hotels, boutiques and bars. Fresh seafood was the star of every menu, of course, with the lobsters basically walking up the sand and straight onto the plate. But for me, the star of Caye Caulker wouldn’t be the sun or the sea, it would be him.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“I chose to trust him when he said that the sharks were like the “dogs of the seaâ€� and took aim, plunging into a shark-less patch of ocean. The water stole all my senses in a second, then a tail called them to attention, whipping my legs as I surfaced among the bubbles, my heart pounding.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“I was awestruck by Rio â€� the way the ocean, city and emerald mountains merged into each other and held hands.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“Our conversation was deep, so he lightened the mood in a second, finding an easy distraction in front of us â€� taking the call to join in with the cheering, and I followed. A Mexican wave got too big to ignore, pulling us to our feet, popping us out of our bubble, reminding us that we were not alone. But back down in our seats, our Gemini souls found more words, our minds unable to stop.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“His face started morphing into different people, shapeshifting into wise, old, Indigenous men, as though he’d lived hundreds of lives and I was seeing him as he was in each one of them. I met many different people coming through to help with healing â€� shamans from centuries before â€� and I studied creases across their faces, wrinkle lines worn like badges of wisdom, markings of lives lived.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir