Geography 2144A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Giorgio Morandi
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Place: then there are specific places (everyone who skis has a. Space: understanding that space is generic (the beach, the ski hill, (cid:1) Tourism is the active utilization of gateways of discovery to expand one"s engagement with the world. Sometimes we learn consciously and we choose a space or place to explore, experience and linger within. Other times, our learning is quite by accident: we learn despite ourselves or from the unanticipated, the unexpected and the unknown. When we travel we learn more about ourselves: the spaces and places that resonate with us and give meaning to our lives. Who we might be if only life was one permanent vacation if we did not have the constraint of work and the stress that comes with that (what precludes us from being that) Theroux my destination was merely my excuse to take the (cid:1) (cid:1) trip .