"Though We Travel the World Over to Find the Beautiful, We Must Carry It With Us or We Find Not" Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Having lived in Europe for eight years whetted our appetites for travel; Not travel for travel's sake but to learn of other cultures and ways of life. A photo album of sights in foreign lands often doesn't capture this and I found it much richer to build friendships along the way. While we've certainly not been adventurers, I like to think of ourselves more as explorers, delving into food, music, and, essentially, people. We're all one big family as I'm finding out, having little regard for borders and separation. I'd not be one to swim with the sharks but the thought of going off the beaten path appeals to me. No matter who or where we are, we all go through our day, for better or for worse. Most of us have so-called "bucket lists"; that is, places and things we'd like