Travelling is a catharsis for the heart.

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you’re destined for.
But don’t hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you’ll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.

Kavafis
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Viajar es una catarsis para el corazón

Ten siempre a Itaca en tu mente.
Llegar allí es tu destino.
Mas no apresures nunca el viaje.
Mejor que dure muchos años
y atracar, viejo ya, en la isla,
enriquecido de cuanto ganaste en el camino
sin aguantar a que Itaca te enriquezca.

Itaca te brindó tan hermoso viaje.
Sin ella no habrías emprendido el camino.
Pero no tiene ya nada que darte.

Aunque la halles pobre, Itaca no te ha engañado.
Así, sabio como te has vuelto, con tanta experiencia,
entenderás ya qué significan las Itacas.

Kavafis

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, England, Peru, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain