Remembering the Great Things

I've had a lot of time on my hands and I have been traveling a lot. During this time I find that every new place I see, every country or city I visit I compare to Strasbourg. Sometimes we find ourselves frustrated with where we are in Strasbourg and getting out of town makes us the most happy. But when we arrive to these destinations we begin to compare, starting at the train station, to accommodations, to breakfast, cuisine, cleanliness, nightlife, friendliness, and any other characteristics that make a town. Every time, we find that Strasbourg is not so bad and it has, just like every other city out there, it's differences.

In The Great Railway Bazaar, Theroux quotes Mr Meagles from Little Dorrit, "'One always tends to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind" (25 Theroux). After moving four times in the last four years I always find this to be true. There are always things that frustrate me in the cities that I live, but once I have left it behind, the negativities are forgotten, everything that I have left behind are pleasant memories. This includes Strasbourg in a small scale. I see the positives of Strasbourg, when I run into a city with dirty streets and dirty men. I always love the places I have lived in once I have put them in the past, those memories never let me down. I know that when I go home to Atlanta, these three months will be remembered as some of the greatest.