The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is a…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. ✨ Does Travel Really Matter Anyway? by Kim Mance, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 11, 2008.
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The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. ✨ Does Travel Really Matter Anyway? by Kim Mance, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 11, 2008.

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