in the name of wanderlust
It is difficult to determine the most desirable quality of traveling; perhaps it is the food, the people or the historic values of the place. For me it is the culture or more aptly, the soul of the city. Each city has their own unique characteristics, their own personalities and quirks. It is as if each city, each place, is a living being with culture running through its veins and intensifying its soul.
This sensation leaps at me at various times. It is when Bangalore welcomes the rain as she cleanses her streets, fills the air with her lullaby and laces it with her aromatic scent. It is in the sway of the palm trees as her winds swirl with abandon. The drops decorated on windowsills and on flushed cheeks as fingertips grip mugs of hot chai.
Or sometimes it is Vienna and the sheer essence of her artistry. She is an interesting city indeed–an artist's haven and with good reason. Elegant, refined yet an aura of mystery or perhaps an aura of creation. The city's café's, filled to the brim, as people converse and relax. The lavender-grey cigarette smoke curling through the air in graceful wisps. The clop of horse hooves against cobblestone and the kiss of lipstick against a wine glass.
It overwhelms me in Singapore at times, a city where some declare that culture is void. However, I disagree with this notion for culture is everywhere. There is not a standard nor a expectation for culture and that is what makes it so unique, so breathtaking and interesting. It is in the hawker centres; a communal gathering as I listen to laughter and the discourse around me. When the wind howls and the sky is illuminated by a magnificent crack of lightning. The graceful yet terrifying thunderstorms fading into beautiful firework displays. The restaurants we discover with friends both old and new and the beauty of discovery that awaits behind the obvious.
These little moments, these instances, attract me in cities both new and old. In countries unheard of and small foreign towns. The soul of these haunts are its most wonderful quality and there is a wondrous beauty within.
Labels: cities, culture, soul, travel, wanderlust, writing
Name: ☾ tanisha ☽
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