Great day in the morning!

"Me, it is my fortune and misfortune to know how the spirit-presence of a strange place can enrich a man or rob a man but never leave him alone, how, if a man travels lightly to a hundred strange cities, and cares nothing for the risk he takes, he may find himself No one and Nowhere. Great day in the morning." (99)
This quote made me reflect on my love of traveling. For some reason, when I travel, even if I simply rest- I don't sightsee or run around- I come back tired (yet energized). I think Percy hit on the reason for this, because if you go somewhere and you experience the journey and the place and the people... then you are impacted. You share life with the people surrounding you through conversation and "regular" interaction. When you are in a new place, "regular" interaction is not mundane- it's charged with a taste of adventure and novelty. Even if the place you go does not involve a different culture or people who are drastically different, there is still the process of figuring out where things are and how to get there. It's tiring to experience all these things, but for me it's also energizing because I love learning about people and I enjoy the disruption of mundane routine. Being in a new place results in new thoughts and a different way of looking at things, because you are taken out of the everydayness and placed in a situation that requires a reaction. I believe Percy would also call traveling a relief from everyday deadness and a bit of life... if one experiences travels in the right way and seasons them with some risk and adventure.
On the other hand, if someone hops on a plane and jumps around from place to place, their head in the clouds or wrapped up in their own concerns, they do not experience the place or the people. Traveling is not meant to be a selfish thing but a learning experience. If it's a selfish journey then there is no discovery of self and no real journey has been taken.
p.s. I still do not understand the phrase "Great day in the morning" ...I had a teacher in elementary school who said that all the time!
p.p.s. commented on Rachel's Lip Piercing