Hi, I like to travel. My favorite way is by airplane but I have also gone by car and train.
Airplanes are interesting but a little scary.  I remember hearing that every time you fly you receive a dose of radiation.
Really? I never heard that before. The word "travel" could originate from the French word "travail" which means 'work'.
Oh interesting, I wonder why travel has to do with working.  I can see how the two would be related though.
Well, a lot of people do travel for business. We still use the word "travail" which means to struggle.
Struggle, Work, and Travel, all meaning the same thing!  Interesting.
' Tales (2004)", the words "travel" and "travail" both share an even more ancient root: a Roman instrument of torture called the "tripalium" (in Latin it means "three stakes", as in to impale). This link may reflect the extreme difficulty of travel in ancient times. Today, travel may or may not be much easier depending upon the destination you choose (e.g. Mt. Everest, the Amazon rainforest), how you plan to get there (tour bus, cruise
I don't think there's necessarily a story, but there's definitely a theme here. One of my favorite kind of dark jokes is, 'How do you make God laugh? You make a plan.' Nobody ever makes a plan that they're gonna go out and get hit by a car. A plan almost always has a happy ending. Essentially, every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time. I really like the idea of a plan not being seen as having definite outcomes, but more