Veni, Vedi, I bought souvenirs.

They say, traveling opens up one's horizons.. 

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." -St.Augustine

When you see the world, or anywhere other than "home" for that matter, you gain insight and look at the bigger picture in things as opposed to focusing too much on the micro, and local issues.. 

Your perspective upgrades to a "Macro" level; especially when you venture to places so far from home base.. 

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of earth all one's lifetime." -Mark Twain

In context, you see different people, different ideas, different walks of life, and most importantly different places; and then you realize that what you are living/seeing/used to only a facet  of this diamond which we call Earth, and that in reality there is so much left to be seen.. 

"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." -Lin Yutang. 

But, I'm still on holiday as far as my blog is concerned.. 

PS. Can't wait till you touch down, I'm beaming. 

NB. Title is a pun on Ceaser's famous quote, "Veni, Vedi, Vici"  (**I Came, I Saw, I Conquered)