Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
There is life beyond Barcelona.
And after I dropped him off, I took the longest possible route home... I explored alleys and hidden roads I never knew existed. I discovered neighborhoods entirely new to me. And finally... I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it.
It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
I like to run around. I'm enjoying traveling. I absorb as much as I can, and I get to go to beautiful places that I don't know if I would ever visit.
I like to travel and connect.
I was a kid from Winnipeg - I didn't know anything about the world.
My favorite days off on the road are typically nowhere, like Bismarck, North Dakota, and you find yourself in a mall, and you're like, 'This is awesome!'
Every once in a while, take the scenic route.
I came to New York to see what I could see - that's from a children's book, isn't it? - and to find the living part.