Learning is fun
When you start planning a trip, we are often surprised to learn as little about the chosen destination. It has quite a few images in mind, vague notions of geopolitics and we can, of course, place the country on the world map, but it is never enough to conceal our relative ignorance. So we often much to learn. Must be arranged, of course, not entirely helpless from, but the bulk of our new knowledge you acquire on the spot, by total immersion. The journey is a remarkable school whose teaching always ends up leaving traces.
Did you know that the cities of Memphis and Philadelphia have not always been in American cities? Do you know the difference between the Mongols and Mughals? Can you name the highest capital of the world? You guessed sure the Inca people never existed? It does not matter: you can still sleep soundly without knowing that Memphis was a city of ancient Egypt; that Philadelphia was the Roman name of Amman, capital of Jordan; Mongolians are living in northern China while the Mughals were a dynasty which once ruled over India people; La Paz, Bolivia, with three to four thousand meters, holds the title of highest capital in the world; the word Inca means minister in Aymara and that by mistake the Spaniards attributed to the entire population of the Andes.
Ignore all this is hardly disturbing. Yet there is a real pleasure to learn these useless things. These bubbles are popping know life like good champagne. We can somehow afford a surplus of history with the history of others, a surplus of culture through the culture of others, a surplus of beauty through the beauty of others. It is a priceless luxury ...
When you start planning a trip, we are often surprised to learn as little about the chosen destination. It has quite a few images in mind, vague notions of geopolitics and we can, of course, place the country on the world map, but it is never enough to conceal our relative ignorance. So we often much to learn. Must be arranged, of course, not entirely helpless from, but the bulk of our new knowledge you acquire on the spot, by total immersion. The journey is a remarkable school whose teaching always ends up leaving traces.
Did you know that the cities of Memphis and Philadelphia have not always been in American cities? Do you know the difference between the Mongols and Mughals? Can you name the highest capital of the world? You guessed sure the Inca people never existed? It does not matter: you can still sleep soundly without knowing that Memphis was a city of ancient Egypt; that Philadelphia was the Roman name of Amman, capital of Jordan; Mongolians are living in northern China while the Mughals were a dynasty which once ruled over India people; La Paz, Bolivia, with three to four thousand meters, holds the title of highest capital in the world; the word Inca means minister in Aymara and that by mistake the Spaniards attributed to the entire population of the Andes.
Ignore all this is hardly disturbing. Yet there is a real pleasure to learn these useless things. These bubbles are popping know life like good champagne. We can somehow afford a surplus of history with the history of others, a surplus of culture through the culture of others, a surplus of beauty through the beauty of others. It is a priceless luxury ...
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