Dalibai masu tafiya, amma haka iyaye

Abokina Betsy ta kira ni daga gaban murhunta, inda ta kwashe shekaru da yawa tana dafa wa ’ya’yanta hudu girki.

"Me ke damun wannan hoton?" Ta tambaya.

"Ina da yaro daya zai nufi Colorado, wani yaro ya nufi Isra'ila, wata kuma a kan hanyarta ta zuwa Mexico kuma ta hudu tana shirin tafiya Norway."

'Ya'yanta sun kusa fita daga jami'a kuma kusan su kadai, kuma Betsy ta yi tunanin ita ce za ta yi balaguro a wannan lokacin a rayuwarta.

"Na san kawai abin da kuke nufi," na ce. "Nawa na kan tafiya Mexico don hutun bazara. Ban taɓa yin tafiya hutun bazara a kwaleji ba kuma ba wanda na sani. Kuma waɗancan ranakun ne aka ɗauki Daytona Beach a matsayin kan iyaka. "

Ina da abokai da suka je ziyartar 'ya'yansu masu tafiya da kyau. Wata ta je Afirka ta Kudu don ganin diyarta. Wani ya tafi Amurka ta tsakiya, wani ya tafi Faransa, wani kuma ya tafi Australia.

(Yata ta ce tana tunanin ƙaura zuwa Ostiraliya tare da ƙawaye bayan kammala karatun jami'a. Da alama kowa yana zuwa Australia, kamar yadda matasa suka saba zuwa birnin New York.)

(Ba zan iya taimakawa ba sai dai tunanin cewa na dasa wannan iri ta sau da yawa ina karanta ta Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst's children's book a cikin abin da take hali yayi barazanar ƙaura zuwa Australia idan ya ci gaba da samun. ya gajarta da odar haihuwarsa.)

Sai dai ba duka ’yan kasuwa ne ke rubuta cak don rufe horon ’ya’yansu a Amurka ta Tsakiya ba, kuma ba dukansu suke barci a kan kujeran yara a cikin wani babban pied-a-terre ba.

Dangane da rahoton AARP da masana'antar balaguro, tafiye-tafiye na nishaɗi tsakanin masu haɓaka ya fashe zuwa masana'antar dala biliyan 150, kuma muna canza yanayin ƙwarewar.

Lokacin da muke tafiya, muna son ɗaukar yara da jikoki, idan muna da su. Za mu kai su Disney World, tabbas, amma kuma za mu kai su Las Vegas ko kuma wasan kankara. (Ko kuma, idan muna kamar abokina Connie, muna ɗauke su suna yin caca da tsalle-tsalle a Tahoe.)

Ba ma son tafiye-tafiyen bas wanda kawai ke ba mu damar ganin duniya yayin da muke cikinta, tare da tsayawa na mintuna 15 a tarkon abin tunawa. Ba mu damu da ƙungiyoyi ba, kawai ba manyan ƙungiyoyi ba. Har yanzu muna son tafiye-tafiye, amma zuwa wurare kamar Alaska ko Masar, ko watakila a kan jirgin ruwa a cikin Caribbean.

Kuma muna son kasada. Tafiya waɗanda ke ba da ƙalubale na zahiri, kamar tafiya, tuƙi, ko balloon iska mai zafi, ko ƙalubalen tunani, kamar tafiya ta Girka tare da malamin kwaleji wanda ƙwararre ne a tarihin Girka ko nazarin dafa abinci na makonni biyu a cikin wani villa a Provence. .

Yaranmu da suka kai shekarun koleji na iya har yanzu suna son kwanciya a bakin teku tare da abin sha mai 'ya'ya, amma ba mu yi ba. Muna sha'awar gogewa, bisa ga manazarta masana'antar balaguro.

Muna da kuɗi - da kyau, wasunmu suna yin balaguro - amma muna fama da abin da ake kira " talaucin lokaci." Yawancinmu suna aiki fiye da yadda muke zato ko kuma suna da wasu alƙawura masu buƙata. Amma muna sane sosai da agogo kuma, kodayake mun fi ƙarfin 60 da 70 fiye da yadda iyayenmu za su kasance, muna son ganin wasu sassan duniya kafin mu yi kasala don mu iya tafiyar da tafiya.

Ni da mijina mun yi ɗan tafiya kaɗan kuma mun dace da sabon tsarin. Tafiyarmu zuwa Costa Rica ba zuwa wurin shakatawa ba ne inda ake ba da laima a bakin tafkin. Ya kasance kasada ce ta muhalli a mafi nisa na ƙasar, kuma ya ɗauki duka biyun da ƙarfin hali.

A lokacin da muke tafiya zuwa Italiya don bikin auren 'yar abokinmu ne muka hadu da ’yan’uwanmu ’yan kasuwa wadanda a yanzu tafiye-tafiye suka mamaye rayuwarsu – su kan yi makonni kadan a shekara a gida. Da ba za mu taɓa ganin Roma ba da ba mu ƙuduri niyyar halartar bikin auren wannan yaron ba, amma mun yi hakan.

Akwai wasu abubuwan da suka shafi sha'awar mu.

Kusan dukanmu muna da abokai waɗanda ba su daɗe da yin ritaya su ga duniya ba.

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