Thank goodness for those Facebook memories that keep reminding us of past travels. This week and next I look forward to seeing photos of the trip to Australia I took back in 2016 during this time frame.
With this week’s arrival of everything pumpkin spice and fall Mums on display at the stores, it’s a sure sign that 2021 is quickly coming to a close. While travel outlooks still may be up in the air for even vaccinated travelers, at least we can look back on past travels with fond memories and refine that travel to do list even more.
So as some of you are already knee deep in holiday shopping, the rest of us are still lost in photos of past travels and refining our travel to do list even more. Here are a few words that may help describe what you’ve been feeling as you wait for that next travel experience.
Wanderlust (n) – German – a strong desire to travel
Fernweh (n) – German – this goes a bit beyond wanderlust and is most often described as the opposite of being homesick – it’s the longing for far off places that you have never seen.
Trouvaille (n) – French – Something lovely found by chance – Perhaps it’s that cafe you stumbled across when you took a wrong turn in Lyon? It could be deserted beach you found while driving along the Amalfi Coast.
Vagary (v) – Latin – A wandering or roaming journey – hiking through the Swiss countryside or sailing down the Danube – which would you choose?
Coddiwomple (v) – Old English – to travel purposefully towards a vague destination – this sounds like the perfect way to spend a day in Ireland searching for castle ruins.
Derive (n) – French – much like Vagary or Coddiwomple – this is to drift unplanned, led only by the landscape and architecture around you
Resfeber (n) – Swedish – the mix of anxiety and excitement before a journey begins – this is the one I miss the most right now.
Sehnsucht (n) – German – A wistful longing for travels that have been and travels to come – I hope you would agree that it’s this feeling of sehnsucht that helps us get through until the borders reopen and we can once again grab our passports and resume our travel journeys.