Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, read more

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots read more

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.

A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.

A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. read more

Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.