The other day I was flipping through the 2019 Monocle Travel Guide and was suddenly hit with a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. As I went from “best spots in Amsterdam” to “must-sees in Madrid,” I realized that life pre-COVID, the freedoms and access to the whole world we once took for granted, were not so much a matter of here or there. Rather, the delicious abundance of endless choice was suddenly snatched away. A buffet that turned into an ultimatum with no choice.
For the past decade, work and life have led me to travel constantly. It became my way of life to the point that airports would fill me with a sense of reassuring anticipation. Many years spent as a travel writer…
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