h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have. right now. just looked in the dictionary, didn't find an appropriate opposite of homesick (that would be a good question for the British English thread).
I thought about easter and summer holidays, but don't know where to go and with who. most of my friends have plans I don't like, or it is too expensive, or some other problem, like me, I don't have a driving license yet. Maybe I could make it till summer, but what about spring?
enough about me, anybody else here whose perfect life would be that of a nomad?

my life has been nomadic...i move house all the time ....I think I am just restless...perhaps searching for something..who knows...it makes life interesting.

"it makes life interesting"
oh yes, one of my secret little fears is that my life will get boring. wow, this becomes therapy session, must be my not going out on a saturday night.
but I am always "looking" for new countries, I love just to look at big shiny books with lots of landscape photographies, I always dream of new frontiers for myself.
does that sound strange?
nahh, of course it does, would be boring if I were quite normal...

Who is normal, anyway? People spending their time online?

I do not have any terrible urge to travel - anymore. I had it years ago, ever since I got this job, the urge was on the wane quickly. I am travelling so often that I fear I might grow wings, and my kids ask me: "Who are you?"

Why I don't change it? Because I am driven, on the search for something. 500 years ago I must have been an adventurer, exploring new worlds, and look at me now, how stuck I am.

I Often have the urge to travel to the pub, hang on is that the time?!

I never stay in one place too long...I meet lots of people but I don't get bored!

I can't think of an opposite to 'homesick', unless it's 'wanderlust' - and I'm not sure if that's English or German in the final analysis.

I'm semi-nomadic. Any chance to get out of town for a while, and I'm off... I now live in a different timezone to the place that I still think of as 'home', and I do get homesick, but whenever I'm there I feel hemmed-in, and somehow earthbound. But I don't think I could be a true nomad as I'm too fond of my sensationally comfortable couch, which I would never be able to carry around with me.

Ivan.

I luv going places, but unfortunately can't travel as much as I'd like, I used to do a lot of backpacking, we did the coast to coast with a friend when I was sixteenish, that was great, and I liked hiking.... I take any oppertunity I can to travel, weather up to a H2G2 meet or over to my Dads (I'm off there this weekend coming), I'd like to travel more, but don't know of anyone who'd travel with me... I've had this mad idea now, for a few years, I'd like to go walking for quite some time (I've not worked out how long it would take), But I'd get my house organised, and rent it out, to fund it, and take quite some time, to walk around the entire coast of the UK, at a fairly 'lazy' pace, to give time to stop at places for a few days, if they seem of interest, and check out the towns citys and vilages etc., on teh way, I've still not worked out how far it would be, but It would be great to do and try to keep to say, never traveling further inland than ten miles or something Anyone fancy it?

Right now, I am just getting interested in travelling. My current exploits in Vancouver have been fun (for all those interested, I have a Vancouver blog at http://MissSaturnine.blogspot.com)...and for the couple of months I've ended up making a list of places I want to visit. Top of the list are Cuba, Paris, Japan and New Orleans.

Right now though, I am happy with exploring these fair regions...take a look outside my window -

http://82.42.98.165/photo/Natali/Vancouver%20Landscape/Cold%20Mountain%202.JPG

I don't really ever want to do a 10 hour flight in economy class again though. I will when I come back to the UK, but it's not the most comfortable or easy going of trips. At the end of it, it is just so worth it. But next time I need to do a long haul flight, I really really want to have a business class seat.

*has itchy feet too*

Well I don't think I have wanderlust as such, but I just don't feel like High Wycombe, England is much of a home. I can't imagine being permanently nomadic, but I think when I do settle down it'll be in France or Italy or at the very least I'll get a hot water bottle.

Erm I do want to go a few places at least while I'm not tied down. I'd like to get my French & Chinese properly fluent for a start. I was considering taking a gap year working in France but 6 years in an all-boys grammar school isn't exactly good preparation for that. I think I'd learn to cope, but I don't think I'd want to go on to university afterwards, so I'll save it for later.

for me, a dream place would be new zealand, I'm constantly informing myself about work & travel programms for that country.
I don't think that I'll always want to travel around all my life. I guess when you have a family there would be other problems than your egoistic wishes, but as I'm still young, I hope there will be a lot for me to see yet. I've never been outside of europe, and one of my too many dreams is to see every continent. hope I can at least manage to see America one day, doesn't have to be usa, canada would be great, mexico also...
ahh, this post definately contains too many "woulds".

I always think of new zealand with dred and fear... a warmish place... full of too many 'outdoor' kinds... all far too healthy...

I must admit that I'm a kind of outdoor person, not that I don't enjoy comfy houses, sofas, kitchens, etc., but I have a feeling that I belong outside.
wow, now I'm realy beginning to sound weird.
anyway, from what little information I have, new zealand seems a right place for me. but that changes so often, in a year from now, I'll probably be dreaming about nothing but african desert.
I wonder, are there any researchers from new zealand on h2g2?

I think there are..put a question in Ask h2g2...you will probably find someone who can tell you what it is like living there.

Tabs! I listened to something on the news yesterday, about the skiing buisnesses in Scotland taking a dive in profets... My response....
'why'd you want to go to Scotland and ski? Surely all you need is a nice warm fire in a hotel, and a never-ending supply of single malt...'

I love Scotland in any season, and just lack the nice company for the cuddlesnuggling in front of a fireplace and a wee dram...

I'll be here in Scotland until the summer...I have the wee dram and a pretend log fire(it's really electric sshhh)plus 2 cats and a daughter who is an adult herself now...she may stay in Scotland...nothing decided for definite yet. I'm on the road again

Most people feel the same about High Wycombe

I've felt the urge creeping up on me of late, been abroad for the first time in the last handful of years, first time I've caught a plane, the next one was even alone, however health issues mean I wont be able to go off the beaten track so some of the dream destinations would be unadviseable - I'd loved to have seen the great wall of china but will have to make do with the occidental world for now

There might be a web cam de silva...it's almost like being there. I've lived all over the country and the world come to think of it...but now I feel I need to go home..back to the north of england...elderly parents etc. and my daughter is old enough to cope on her own (I hope!)

I have traveled (all over Europe, America and Africa once) and I would say that home is where the heart is. Anyone can settle down as long as it is in a place they love. (For those who do not believe in love please use some more approiate word such as enjoy, appreicate etc etc)