Making My Peace With Part-Time Travel

I thought it might be ever so slightly difficult for me to write this, because I’m still a little afraid to admit my truth. You see, much as I love to hear about the adventures of others and get a buzz from reading the thoughts of many a round the world travel blogger, I actually have no great wish to go backpacking.

I am proud to be a part time traveller.

My weekend "backpack"

I don’t know if you’ll take me seriously when I tell you that I never took a gap year because I never wanted to. Maybe you think this makes me a tourist and not a traveller? I hope I can be a bit of both. That’s my plan.

I don’t spend my working day wishing I could pack it all in and set off around the globe indefinitely. I just spend my lunchtimes taking on line inspiration from the experiences of others and planning where my next wave of annual leave or a forthcoming bank holiday weekend could take me.

You might think I’m mad for having a full time job; that it keeps me from seeing the world. I think it simply funds my exploits so that I can see the world chunk by chunk in my own style, and affords me a few home comforts along the way. Of course, I still have to cut my cloth according to my means, but I am sure all travellers would agree that you can go anywhere on any budget. Your experiences might be different to someone with twice as much, or half as little as you, but they’ll be your adventures (however adventurous you are) and they’ll be as rewarding as you want to make them.

So for now, I’ll keep recounting my tales and tips from my part time travels, but I’ll also keep looking to all you full time round the world nomads for my lunchtime inspiration.

For the record, my next jaunt is to fair Verona and I can’t wait to tell you all about it on my return.

Then, after that who knows?

The world is everyone’s oyster. How you see it is up to you.

How do you get to see the world? I’d love to know.