Still, when the borders reopened with some restrictions, I did not jump into travelling right away. I had the opportunity to travel extensively while on exchange in university and would take at least two trips a year since I started my first job about 10 years ago.ĭuring the lockdown, I was down with cabin fever like everyone else.īut in that uncertainty - as we wondered if we would ever get to leave our rooms, much less travel to another country again - I also felt almost relieved to have travelled when I could. Like most of my peers, I had survived the drudgeries of life with thoughts of the next getaway. For the first time in a while, I have been telling them I had no plans. Whenever I meet my friends, the topic of travel plans would usually surface. I read this book while trying to fall asleep in a nice room in Kyoto years ago and suddenly missed my scrappy bedroom.įor some reason, I would always long for my own bed at home every time I travelled, even on the occasions the hotel’s bed was clearly superior.

In the book, De Maistre describes the contents and furniture of his small room shaped in a parallelogram, as well as imaginary situations and dialogues that take place during his ‘’travels’’.

In the British philosopher Alain de Botton’s book The Art of Travel, there was a mention of well-travelled military man Xavier de Maistre, who wrote a parody travelogue titled Voyage Around My Room.

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