Born in London, brought up in the U.K., N.Z. and Australia, now making my home in the U.S., and still can't pack a carry-on bag with the panache you'd think a world traveler would possess.

Can drive on both sides of the road, but not at once. Cannot distinguish one American strip mall from another, leading to hopeless navigation on any driving trip involving interstate (or other) freeways. Prefer to travel by train where I can daydream out the window and ignore my badly packed, overstuffed luggage.

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-Let us do our best, even if it gets us nowhere. -- Henry Miller.