Far From Home

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I am not a world traveler, though I’d love to be. Banff, Canada is the farthest I’ve been from home. we spent a week there seeing the sights. It was exceedingly beautiful. I’d love to live there, in summer, though I’m sure I’d be overwhelmed by the challenges of winter. I don’t believe I’d ever get saturated with the mountains, glaciers, wildlife, or pristine waters. It’s beauty is always in the back of my mind.

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  1. Hamburg, Germany, plus other cities in Germany and Switzerland, were the furthest places from Florida, USA where we live, and from Trinidad in the Caribbean where I’m originally from. Switzerland is one of those places where as soon as you start exploring, riding on the trains, and taking in the breathtaking mountains, lakes, skies, and flowers everywhere in the spring – you immediately wonder how you can live there! I had to talk myself down from researching moving to Switzerland and think about why I could not afford it. Walking through postcard-looking villages, watching the parade of cows outside our hotel in Lauterbrunnen with their bells ringing, stopping to watch the blue-green river waters rushing down from the melting glaciers in Zermatt, wanting to take pictures of everything – were all a bit surreal and we’ve vowed to go back one day.

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  2. S. Thapa's avatar S. Thapa says:

    I’m originally from Nepal, and now I call New York home. I once had the chance to visit the Galápagos Islands, and it was extraordinary. Traveling that far took me across continents, various cultures, and some of the most breathtaking natural wonders I’ve ever seen. The Galápagos, with its rare wildlife and untouched, remote vibe, felt like an entirely different world compared to the familiar landscapes of Nepal. It wasn’t just about the miles traveled—it was the dramatic change from the majestic Himalayas to the rugged, volcanic islands of the Pacific that made it truly unforgettable.

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  3. Philippine National Police Clearance Online's avatar Philippine National Police Clearance Online says:

    Day Parade. It’s a great way to show national pride and patriotism. It’s also a great way to celebrate our country’s birthday.

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  5. Corin Garnett-Law's avatar Corin Garnett-Law says:

    I visited the Canadian Rockies back in 2011 before heading out to Vancouver and Vancouver Island, all stunning parts of the world to have visited. The mountains were just breathtaking and the waters surrounding them so peaceful and glass-like, I cannot wait to return someday soon. When in Banff, I stayed at the Fairmont Banff Springs which inside felt like Hogwarts, the movies still being released at the time.

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  7. In my late teen years, mother wanted me and her oldest sister in-law and her husband from Oxford Alabama. To travel with her to Seattle Washington to see another sister in-law. While there we got to see the space needle in person rather than see it on television, it was many feet taller than we were. We got settled into my aunts two story home and I stayed upstairs in the room with the balcony, I really enjoyed it. My two aunts and my two uncles, mother and me traveled through other cites to an antique store that is 60 miles from Canada. Being at this antique store was the furthest away from home that we had ever been. And also the closest to canda we had ever been. Mother and I had a good one week vacation in the fall of 1985.

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