IND READING: Rome (Prompt 8 Chapter 13)

"Traveling is more fun - hell, life is more fun - if you can treat it as a series of impulses". The deeper meaning of this book really shows itself in the first paragraph in this chapter. This entire book has been a series of impulses. Bryson really showed that planning his journey is not very important to him. A good example of this was when he wanted to see the Northern Lights. He told himself he would stay in a desolate town until he saw the Northern Lights. He didn't know where he would exactly be going after that, nor did he care. He knew he would end up somewhere, and he would do his best to enjoy every minute of it. That really shows how to enjoy life. Let life take you wherever it chooses, and do your best to enjoy every minute of the sitaution you are put in. Bryson lived by this policy, as shown in the book, and he turned out pretty well.