Daisann McLane: On Letting Go of the Places We Love
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 04.23.10 | 12:23 PM ET
Her latest column in National Geographic Traveler is likely to resonate with most travel junkies:
[T]he villagers are no longer novel to me and I’m no longer a novelty to them. Dogs that used to bark and snarl when I passed now run up to me, tails wagging. All the signs are telling me: Move on. Still, the idea of packing up, leaving behind the dogs, the yoga on the beach, the chatty shopkeepers, and the spectacular sunrises puts my stomach in a knot. Even after thousands of miles and hundreds of trips, there is one thing that completely fazes me whenever I travel to a place: the leaving of it.
Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.
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