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Weston Parker's avatar

Honfleur is a lovely town. It inspired me to write about it. https://westonpparker.substack.com/p/honfleur-harbor

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

Oh, thanks for sharing. Great to see what you created when inspired by this lovely old port.

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Weston Parker's avatar

It really is a beautiful old gal.

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man of aran's avatar

I so appreciate the mention Arjan! And to me a minor favourite and perhaps unlikely choice of poem to link to, but it certainly does fit your theme and the idea of traveling to other places.

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

I really like how you often look at a painting and share what you see in your poems. But this one somehow really appealed to me. Also because I really like the quirkiness of curling. A sport I don't really understand, but that always intrigues me. And, of course, I just loved the poem.

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Lovely poem Arjan, I think I suffer from fernweh a lot!

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Oh, and a place near me that you would love to travel to is Pondicherry. Great vibes. I wrote about it here: https://hellouniverse.substack.com/p/food-trip

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

Well, I think Fernweh can be a nice thing to suffer from. I have it, too.

Pondicherry. I have always liked that name. Will read your post (still have a big backlog, sorry) and will add it to my list. Pondicherry.

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

The locals like to call it Pudducherry. An even more likeable name haha! Take that backlog easy.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Fernweh! I work for an airline, and a few years ago, by manager wrote this one piece of paper and taped it to her door. No explanation, no context. It was fantastic.

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

It's a great term to have painted big on walls of airline offices.

Thanks for sharing this story. Loved it.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Thank you for linking to my poem, Arjan. I appreciate your observations on homesickness and travel. I have too much of one and not enough of the other!

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

Of course, Paul. Loved the poem.

And if you have too much of one and not enough of the other, it kinda sounds like a balance that at the very least keeps your mind at ease.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

I can live with the tension!

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