Fighting the At-Home Blues

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 11.18.05 | 1:06 AM ET

Over at Transitions Abroad, Newley Purnell has some advice for avid travelers about coping between trips. Among his tips: Seek out adventures close to home. “Take weekend getaways to places you’ve never been before,” he writes. “Even consider taking a different route to or from work—just so long as you incorporate the search for the new and different into your daily life. You don’t have to be in a foreign country to discover new things.”