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November in my soul…

          November arrived with its usual post-Halloween sugar hangover. Here at Home At First November marks the official start of the new travel year with the announcement of our new prices, programs, and destinations for the coming 12 months. This website has been updated with the results of our preparations.
          For many, November is the gray foreshadowing of winter — the dim, dreary month that must be endured between October’s harvest festivals and December’s glistening holidays. Not so at Home At First. This November we are daring to express cautious optimism that international travel for 2022 is coming back strong after nearly two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.
          For many Home At First travelers, 2022’s journeys begin with daydreams during November’s darkness. Some of you will act on whims and choose 2022 destinations about which you may know very little: Ticino (Italian-Switzerland), Wales, Tipperary (Ireland), or southwest England’s Cornish coast. Others will decide to pursue travel goals you have dreamt of for years: April in Paris; London for May’s Chelsea Flower Show; Fjord Norway during the long days of mid-summer in June; hiking the Swiss Alps in August; tasting Tuscany’s food and wine during the September grape harvest; or discovering the roots of western civilization on a Roman holiday at any time of year. Maybe you will elect to escape winter in Bermuda this year (2021/2022) or New Zealand a year from now in 2022/2023, or embrace winter in Iceland, Scotland, Scandinavia, or Switzerland. Or maybe you hope to escape the North American summer’s heat and humidity exploring Scotland’s Highlands or emerald Ireland: golf, castles, distilleries, mountains, coastlines, plus lots of lochs & loughs! (In either case, be sure to bring jackets and sweaters.)
          Maybe you will start organizing an elaborate itinerary for the coming year. Maybe you will travel with a partner – shared experiences create special memories. Some of you will dare travel alone – there’s a world of interesting people to meet en route. Others have grand plans of a group adventure with family or friends – perhaps marking a landmark anniversary or birthday. Regardless of the number of travelers or the complexity of itinerary, Home At First is ready to help plan your ideal trip. And November is an ideal time to begin the planning process. Contact us. Let’s begin a conversation about your next dream trip.
         In Moby Dick, when Melville’s Ishmael recognizes his depression — “a damp, drizzly November in my soul,” — he decides to change both lifestyle and location by going to sea and traveling the world. Daring to trade a bleak present for an unknown future, Ishmael departs on a great journey, an epic adventure that exposes him to the wide world, its humanity, and its mysteries. November is here again, and the world awaits your decision to dare a great journey in the months ahead, to experience adventures that disclose the wideness of the world, the commonality of its humanity, and its endless marvels. It’s November – great journeys begin now.

— Ron Fahnestock, Editor

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