Champagne Travel on a Beer Budget

Now that the New Year is beginning to feel not so new, its time for a final New Years travel resolution.

Resolution number 3 is:

3) Meet more people when travelling.

When I went to my post office box the other day and collected a very uninspiring pile of business related letters and bills, I had the lovely surprise of finding a gorgeous bealted Christmas postcard sent by a friend from Germany who I met travelling a couple of years ago. Thanks to the world of facebook (or wastebook or freakbook as I have heard it referred to this week) I am able to keep in touch with this friend regularly and hope to catch up again one day. The postcard reminded me of all the other wonderful friends whom I have met travelling whjo have really expanded my world (and been fabulous to share a champers with).

But the last few trips I have done, I haven’t exchanged a single e-mail address. Thats right, not one new friend to be had. What happened?

While admittedly on my last trip I was really just looking for some time out, travelling without making new friends just isn’t the same experience. Perhaps I became a bit jaded, turned off by a few negative experiences (warning: beware of people that are just way too friendly) who knows?

But not anymore for this champagne traveller. I have remembered that great travel is all about the people you meet and the culture you experience with them (and might I add, it is far more fun to drink champagne with a friend).

So there you have my new years travel resolutions… now its time for you to share.

What are yours?

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