"A vagabond then is primarily a man who travels without any definite utilitarian aim. He does not go abroad expecting to bring about the millennium by impressing upon the world his own opinions and prejudices, neither does he ramble from Country to Country collecting statistics and accumulating information as a pure matter of mental discipline. He is content to be a simple observer in the great world of God- studying those things which interest him for no other reason than because they do interest him . . . [A] vagabond seeks to know the world and its people as they are, and in order to acquire that knowledge he is ready to become all things with all men and to make himself equally at home in all places. In this sense of the word I do not hesitate to avow myself a vagabond of the most pronounced type." George Kennan
There's a word for people who just travel for the sake of the experience, of seeing what's there. We look askance at them, wondering aloud how they plan to fund their retirement, or when they will 'grow up'. I guess the trick is to find someone who will pay you to do it. Or failing that, maybe win the lottery.
Excuse me while I go buy my lottery ticket.
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