The power of travel
The Power of Travel
My name is Melanie Vandebrake I was born in Idaho although my mother grew up in Utrecht a city in northern Holland. My mother has always been the one to show me my heritage and teach me the Dutch language.
I believe in the power of travel. As a child I remember playing with all the children in my grandparent’s neighborhood. We would put all of our toys, blankets and pillows into a red wagon and decide we were going on a trip. Although the farthest we ever ventured was to the end of the street, I remember the feeling of leaving the place I was at and going into a whole new world. It felt like I was somewhere new, although I was only at the end of the street.
Today’s technology has evolved so rapidly in the last 100 years it is almost impossible for us to think that we were unable to go to the airport, buy a ticket to Mexico, and be there within 6 hours. If we were to tell someone in the past that you could travel around the world within a day, I believe it would completely blow their minds. However, today that is a common experience.
When writing texting or even calling someone you do not experience the same interactions and feelings you do when you are with that person. Writing a letter to someone may be a very intimate and emotional experience but truth is being with that person cannot even touch letter writing. As a Writer I have done my fair share of letter writing to loved ones who live across the state, across the country and across the world, I love getting my bi annual birthday and Christmas card from my Opa in Utrecht, I love being able to read his words over and over reliving the letters essence. The one thing better than the letters my Opa sends me is actually visiting him and being around him.
I experience a need to travel, and I have had this itching in my shoes since I was just a child. I love the feeling of being able to visit new places, experience new cultures, and to be visit with friends and family who live in different
My name is Melanie Vandebrake I was born in Idaho although my mother grew up in Utrecht a city in northern Holland. My mother has always been the one to show me my heritage and teach me the Dutch language.
I believe in the power of travel. As a child I remember playing with all the children in my grandparent’s neighborhood. We would put all of our toys, blankets and pillows into a red wagon and decide we were going on a trip. Although the farthest we ever ventured was to the end of the street, I remember the feeling of leaving the place I was at and going into a whole new world. It felt like I was somewhere new, although I was only at the end of the street.
Today’s technology has evolved so rapidly in the last 100 years it is almost impossible for us to think that we were unable to go to the airport, buy a ticket to Mexico, and be there within 6 hours. If we were to tell someone in the past that you could travel around the world within a day, I believe it would completely blow their minds. However, today that is a common experience.
When writing texting or even calling someone you do not experience the same interactions and feelings you do when you are with that person. Writing a letter to someone may be a very intimate and emotional experience but truth is being with that person cannot even touch letter writing. As a Writer I have done my fair share of letter writing to loved ones who live across the state, across the country and across the world, I love getting my bi annual birthday and Christmas card from my Opa in Utrecht, I love being able to read his words over and over reliving the letters essence. The one thing better than the letters my Opa sends me is actually visiting him and being around him.
I experience a need to travel, and I have had this itching in my shoes since I was just a child. I love the feeling of being able to visit new places, experience new cultures, and to be visit with friends and family who live in different