Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy.
As we sat in the sun, drinking tea made from maple leaves (seasoned with apple and apricot), as we meandered through the 19th Century European park that leads toward the tiny lane on which our favourite tatami tea house is hidden _ Don had come here ten months earlier after his Japanese father in law died - I thought how distinctive Don__ relaxed and responsive spirit can be. I__ walked these same streets with other friends for twenty seven years now, many of them celebrated travelers; they__ fired questions at me, shot out theories, spun this notion about Japan and that judgment.Don, by comparison, hung back. He seemed eager to take in as much as he possibly could. He didn__ have agenda or preoccupation, and in that regard appeared to rejoice in the rare traveler__ gift of allowing the day and the place to take him where they wanted him to go.
The Way of Wanderlust: The Best Travel Writing of Don George
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As we sat in the sun, drinking tea made from maple leaves (seasoned with apple and apricot), as we meandered through the 19th Century European park that leads toward the tiny lane on which our favourite tatami tea house is hidden _ Don had come here ten months earlier after his Japanese father in law died - I thought how distinctive Don__ relaxed and responsive spirit can be. I__ walked these same streets with other friends for twenty seven years now, many of them celebrated travelers; they__ fired questions at me, shot out theories, spun this notion about Japan and that judgment.Don, by comparison, hung back. He seemed eager to take in as much as he possibly could. He didn__ have agenda or preoccupation, and in that regard appeared to rejoice in the rare traveler__ gift of allowing the day and the place to take him where they wanted him to go.
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