Travel, Emerson Often Insisted, is only for the fool-hearted. He said it so many times in his popular essays and public lectures, he had actually gained a reputation for it.
Even before a pandemic shut down global travel throughout the world, and militias rose up to assert their right to move about freely at the expense of their neighbors, that is, even before all this made us crave an escape, I suspect that most people would disagree with Emerson that traveling is a waste of time. Those of us who have the luxury to travel to another state or country eagerly make a point of doing so, checking locations off a lifelong bucket list like ticking items off the week's groceries. Nonetheless, even the most enthusiastic world travelers and weekend warriors among us would probably admit that it can be disappointing at times. We commiserate over tourist traps and...
