3 Comments
Apr 21, 2023Liked by Sonya Lea

Such a kindred wanderer, you are! Motivation to be where tourists are not - check. Staying in one unfamiliar place long enough to “feel local”, observe and participate in a flow of life different from what we call home, just be there…check. So much else. Ready to write and reflect.

Expand full comment
author

Right? I'm also interested in those spaces where home and away cross each other. Like home exchanges, a contract gig in an unfamiliar place, a journey to a locale that decides to become 'mine' and which I have to come into relationship with over decades.

Expand full comment
Apr 21, 2023Liked by Sonya Lea

That’s what Barcelona was for three years for us. I miss it.

Expand full comment