I have always loved quotes — those one or two sentences that can shift your perspective, inspire you to say yes to an adventure, or pull you out of a funk.
These are some of my favorite travel quotes by writers, travellers, fictional characters, and people who just had something inspiring to say.
Read More“Creativity is not a competition.”
—Autumn Sky Hall
“The cost of not following your dream, your heart, or your gut, is spending the rest of your life wishing that you had.”
—Unknown
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live.”
—Hans Christian Anderson
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.”
—Seth Godin
“Above all, try something.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Good things come to those who book flights.”
“the earth has music for those who listen”
—Shakespeare
“One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are”
—Edith Wharton
“If you look like your passport photo, you probably need the trip.”
—Unknown
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.”
—Bill Bryson, “Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe”
“Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.”
—Unknown
“Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.”
—Asian Proverb
“If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.”
—Rachel Wolchin
“My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.”
—Unknown
"Go out in the woods, go out. If you don’t go out in the woods nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin."
—Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert from Eat, Prey, Love
“It’s bad manners to keep an adventure waiting.”
—Unknown
“After all, one travels in order for things to happen and change; otherwise you might as well stay at home.”
—Nicolas Bouvier
“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”
—Mary Anne Radmacher
I lived in the small city of Ansan just outside of Seoul, South Korea (close enough that I was still on the Seoul subway line) for a year and a half while I was working there as an English teacher. Because I was so close, I spent almost every weekend exploring Seoul’s winding historic alleyways, huge high-rises, modern art galleries, curated natural areas, and layer upon layer of food, fashion, and culture.
When I was first asked by some fellow foreigners in South Korea if I wanted to get naked in a public bathhouse and sauna on my first weekend in the country, I looked at them like they were nuts.
Somehow though, they managed to talk me into it (I blame severe jet lag), and it was one of the best decisions that I have ever made.
Lisbon is one of my favourite cities in the world! Sun drenched squares, colourful architecture covered in elaborate tiles, charming locals, amazing coffee, bakeries everywhere, amazing views, and easy-to-navigate public transit — what’s not to love!?
Here’s everything you need to see, eat, and experience in Lisbon on your next trip.