Get Off the Bus

On one of the sea days a nice man sat down with me for lunch. He buys and sells movie lighting in LA and is on the cruise with his girlfriend. As we talked about travel adventures, he told me always remember to 'get off the bus'. He said tourists go around and get into the bus together, look out the windows at all of the fabulous places, get off the bus together for the tour, and never get to know the real places. I told him in education when things change they say do it or get off the bus and you know me, I usually get off the bus quickly! However, when it comes to international travel, since I am alone, I am quite content to 'stay on the bus' and look out the windows! But I realized, while talking to him, that I do 'get off the bus' a little more each trip and this trip was no exception. Seeing the bull on a back road in the hillside of Spain was an example I am sure! Of course I was there with Cesar so I felt safe, sort of. But there were other examples of getting off the bus too...