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the idea behind travel

The idea behind travel is not to see a city all dolled up, reciting memorised poems for your benefit. The idea is to see her in private, wearing her faded jammies, to see her humming to herself while sitting on the WC. The idea is to read her freckles and trace your fingers along her crow's feet. 

The idea behind travel is to know a city intimately.

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