40 Days Till 40 (Day 25)

I WANT TO GO TO THERE

I woke up insanely early this morning.  While the rest of the world slept, I decided to go on Pinterest to look at, ahem, a ”few” pictures.  Five and a half hours later (which still only clocked me at around 10am), I had seen hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures.

For my 40^th birthday, I have vowed to go to Ireland at some point during the year.  As a result, the bulk of the pinned pictures were of various crumbling castles, rolling, green hills and charming cottages.  Looking at my board, one might think that I was obsessed with living a life worthy of Harry Potter…or a fairy (Neither which sounds too terrible, actually).

The more pictures I examined, the more I realized I haven’t traveled nearly enough.  True, I feel I’ve been more places outside of the US than I have inside of it (a luxury afforded me during middle school when my family moved to Indonesia for my stepfather’s job), but I want to see more.  I want to do more.  I want to meet more people and experience their ways of life.  Now, I just need the funds.  Lol.

Something else I noticed as I was going through all of these pictures was how changed some of the landscapes were becoming in certain cities.  Cities rich with history and architecture hundreds of years old are dotted with signs of progress:  Neon signs, modern storefronts and, one of the more bizarre additions, Ferris wheels. 

I am not sure why the sudden influx in Ferris wheels?  There are pictures of them in England, Japan, Scotland and more. Some of these structures are temporary but others are most definitely permanent.

In reading about the Millennium Wheel (a.k.a. The London Eye), the idea behind its creation was that it would be like the Eiffel Tower in France, allowing the general public, no matter their social economic status or age to view the city from a bird’s eye view. While I think the idea is pretty cool (and I do love Ferris wheels), I still find it strange…as if we are building these structures to signal life from other planets.  Are they targets?  Pieces of a giant spaceship?  An invitation to some interplanetary fun?

But I digress. 

All alien conspiracy theories aside, change happens, whether we want it to or not, right?  Can’t stop progress!  I just need to get to some of these places before they change too much.  Or I do. 

Until tomorrow, Lovelies….


*Written 1/28/14