Have you ever felt Home Sick?

I don’t mean that nervous feeling you get in the pit of your stomach your first night at girl scout camp.

Have you ever visited a place and just felt…comfortable. A place that feels like home. Safe, happy, or what ever makes home for you.

I have a couple places actually that make me feel that way.

1.Walt Disney World- I’m sure my other DA’s can agree, no place on earth is quite like WDW. Really, it is the perfect home. Everyone is happy, the food is great, and the magic in the air is palpable. I haven’t been to WDW in about ten years (far too long) but if I close my eyes and think about…It feels like just yesterday. I think that’s part of the magic of Disney, once you go, it stays with you. Sometimes when I feel home sick, I watch videos that people post on the various Facebook sites while on their vacation. Every time I see the castle light up, a parade, or a little girl meeting her favorite princess…I get the chills and the goosebumps. Even though I’m in my bed watching it on my laptop.

2. Rome, Italy- One of the most beautiful places on this Earth. The place, even if you’ve never been, is eerily familiar. I remember walking around the Colosseum and getting this over whelming feeling like I knew this place very well. Like I had been their hundreds of times. They say once you go to Rome, you’re heart will always find it’s way back. I hope they are right because I think about it everyday and can’t wait to go back.

3. Paris, France- The home of my ancestors. While I have deep American roots and I am a proud patriot for Old Glory, I still have a love for the home of my ancestors. My father’s side of the family were French, they traveled to America and became fur traders around Michigan…but I like to think I still have family lineage in France. Being their, I felt connected to them. The land is lovely, I couldn’t imagine what could possibly pushed them out of France…aside from the Monarchy (or I like to think, a grand need for adventure).

4. Indiana Beach- It’s a small amusement park with ride that look like the came straight from the 1950’s (some probably did). This was my summer time playground as a girl. Because its just over an hour away, we visited several times a year. I know every inch of the place. They make changes…but the place always stays the same. Even though it’s small and the rides are old and unthrilling…it’s still a chunk of my childhood, home.

5. Washington, DC- Our grand Nations Capitol…nothing swells you with love of country quite like seeing the grandeur of Washington DC. There is a restaurant, called America…if you eat their at night the capitol is all lite up and it’s astoundingly beautiful. The museums, the national treasures, the monuments…it’s all breath taking.

I think that pretty much sums it up! Do you have any place that makes you feel that way? Tell me about it in the comments or shoot me an email…or telegraph…or in smoke message…whatever!

Love ya!