ICYMI: My solo trip to Europe made me realize how much I leaned on my husband for direction, writes kellygrant1 The thrill of finding my own way made me wonder: What else had I been missing out on? Amplify
I was only lost in the Zurich airport for a few minutes. But it was long enough to make me miss a connecting flight, setting off a cascade of travel troubles. Lost luggage. Trains to rebook. Half a day at my first destination, gone.Story continues below advertisementI’m Kelly Grant, a health reporter at The Globe and Mail. I recently took a solo trip to Germany, and the adventure got me thinking about one of the unfortunate side effects of meeting my husband when I was barely out of my teens.
That’s why, for nearly 20 years, I’ve relied on Tom to translate the language of maps and transit schedules and which-way-is-north? for me. Navigating is as natural as breathing to him, so I’ve been happy to bliss out and let him lead me through Paris and Egypt and Italy and even on to the deck of a Star Wars Disney cruise .
I realize this makes me sound inept . I don’t feel that way at all in my day-to-day life as a full-time journalist raising three sons who are, so far anyway, growing into great little humans. I think of myself as a hyper-competent woman.
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