travel to stay alive2012/01/24 23:52

雪で遅れたJRの車内で無料アプリのTimeを読んでいたら、こんな記事を見つけた。「本当にそう」と思った部分をそのまま引用メモしておこう。tweetもしたけど。
"1,000 Places to See Before You Die" by Patricia Schultz は数年前丸の内オアゾの丸善で見つけ、その後e-bookを入手した。シリーズが数冊出版され、現在は日本語版も出ている。

Times Dec.13, 2011


the title was meant to be forceful. With travel, people wait until they retire or until the kids leave. And by then, it’s too late. You wake up and you are 90. There is only one thing we are assured of in life, it’s that you will die. This encourages you to squeeze in as much travel as you can before you kick the proverbial bucket.


we only have one life, and it is worth using it to see the world.


Schultz says that her most memorable travel experience was of coming across a woman who was celebrating her 90th birthday by hiking Machu Picchu. “She told me to remember that my knees have expiration dates,” Schultz jokes. “We all have expiration dates. Get up, go somewhere.”