I travel to surprise myself. I travel to get lost in a new town/city and decipher its language; every city has something to say to me, I try to listen. I also travel(and this is my favorite kind of travel) to meet friends.
When I first moved to the US, I had a goal of visiting a new state each month. I was able to keep the momentum going for the first two years and covered CA, TN, KY, NY, Nevada, IL, AL, OR, FL, LA, and DC(not a state).
The highlights of my US travels would be visiting the birth place of America on my first 4th of July, The World War II museum in New Orleans, The Hirshhorn museum in Washington DC (especially the chinese photography section, my god!), and the flaneuring all day and night in Las Vegas(and driving all the way to Death Valley!), and NYC(my favorite city to visit, but I don't wanna live there); I honestly didn't care much about Portland even though I'd hyped it up in my mind beforehand saying oh I bet all the stereotypes of portlandiers that I've seen in 'Portlandia' the show are accurate and I'm definitely gonna experience the dream of the 90s, and get pickled for a change (cz I hear they pickle everything?); I enjoyed my one week stay in Healdsburg California and met some friends and learned a lot from them; Been to Miami twice but it is not that memorable to me as a city; Walking in Chicago is for some reason a very enjoyable activity, is it the clouds which seem to be perennially sitting atop the tall buildings whichever way you look?; Love Kentucky and Alabama roadtrips, the scenery is exquisite; Nashville is loud (yes, higher than 85db); Walking on the Golden Gate Bridge immediately prompted me to start studying how bridges of that might got built.
I am still trying to visit new states and towns, but not as frequently. Next on my list: Charleston SC, Colorado in October, Plymouth MA, taking the Amtrak's coast starlight train from LA to Seattle, and Mount Rushmore.
Eventually, My goal is to cover all 50 states. The USA is so big. so much to see!
