Advice

Where do you want to go and why? These are the questions to ask before planning a trip.

As a member of the clergy, I like churches of all sorts, but of most interest are their pulpits. I have traveled to many places just to stand in a pulpit.

We also are interested in art, so we go to galleries and museums. Of late I have a growing interest in glass, so we plan on seeing glass art in the Victoria and Albert in London and in Murano in Italy when we are there.

My wife, a literature/English major enjoys places like the house of Charles Dickens in London or the house of Beatrix Potter in the Lake District or the home of Mark Twain in Hartford.

If you like collecting seashells, you likely will not go to the top of Pike’s Peak.

Defining your passion helps you decide where you want to go and what you want to see while there.