1. If you don’t take the first step, you’ll never do it. 如果现在不踏出第一步,以后更没可能 It’s so easy to get stuck in this cycle of “I’m going to go — I can’t go right now — I’ll go next year — I’m going to go,” and never get out of it. There is, after all, a lot of logistics that go into getting out there and seeing the places you’ve always wanted to see. 人们很容易陷入这种怪圈:“我要去旅游,但现在不行,明年吧,明年我就去。” 可到最后也没成行。反正出门旅游的途径很多,总有办法去那些一直想看的地方。 If you’re looking for one, there is always an excuse not to get those tickets. But the second you take the plunge and decide that you’re actually going (and making the painful-but-necessary financial investments to do so), everything else has a tendency to fall into place. 只要你不想去,总有理由不去动身。可一旦你鼓起勇气真的决定出发时(可能要为此花掉一点必要的积蓄),所有的一切都会清晰明朗啦。 2. It’s less expensive than you think. 旅游没你想得昂贵 While the purchases of things like tickets are always going to sting a bit, there are so many ways to make your travels feasible to do on the cheap. 除了票价等有点贵以外,穷游的途径还是很多的。 If a hostel is too pricey for you (though there are many which offer beds at 15 bucks a night or even less in major cities), couch surfing is a wonderful option. If you don’t know anyone, check any of the many websites which organize couch surfers. Speaking personally, I and almost all of my friends in Paris have hosted couch surfers at one time or another, because we understand that it’s a city so many people want to see at some point, and we don’t always have a ton of disposable income to do so.) |