What feels like home?

What’s a place you visited that felt like home?

When we visited Washington DC more than 25 years ago, we stayed at a hotel in Virginia. My husband immediately said, the weather is perfect and the place looks beautiful. I would love to live here.

For me, nothing has felt like that. I am a very practical person. I have visited a lot of places and nothing felt like home.

Maybe my brain thinks or is wired in a different way. I think my visiting place as temporary and I do not analyze much more than that.

Anyway we book rooms with kitchen attached or atleast get a microwave and a mini fridge. Ha ha, I do make something in that space and give it a “home” feel but nothing has felt like “home”🙂!

I love the free breakfast when we travel!

Recently we stayed overnight at a hotel in Farmington, New Mexico. My second kid usually leaves us to go for a run, and check out the neighborhood once we are settled. Here, he didn’t leave us. Quiet surprised, I asked him why 🤔? He just replied, this is one of the dangerous towns in the US! Ha Ha, I did get the room for cheap and had a kitchen too. It saved a lot of money. Ignorance is bliss! By the way, we were in the middle of a busy street amd the neon lights from Target store was so bright, I didn’t feel uncomfortable. Just a funny anecdote.

13 responses to “What feels like home?”

  1. A good example of you get what you pay for! 🤣 Glad you’re all ok – and still enjoyed the free breakfast. 😊

    1. Ha ha! My husband didn’t feel bad at all. that is how it was cheap. One reason, I choose Holiday Inn or Marriot chains. Atleast the hotel is safe but I can’t check crime rates for the city 😂🤣 while searching for hotels.

      1. As long as you’re safe inside, the government can send a rescue party if needed!

  2. I think it is really fun to stay in hotels. Everything is done for you, they make the bed, hive clean towels and free breakfast.

    1. Yes, The free 24 hr coffee seals the deal for me! 😃

  3. Ganga ji, your post made me smile! 🙂 It’s so interesting how we’re all wired differently — your husband felt “home” the moment he saw Virginia, while your practical brain just files every place under “temporary.” Honestly, that’s a gift too. You enjoy each place for what it is without overanalyzing it!

    And the kitchen + mini fridge + free breakfast formula? That’s genius! Nothing says “home away from home” like a little home-cooked something and a free breakfast spread. 😄

    But the Farmington story takes the cake! Your son quietly staying put instead of going for his usual run — that’s when you know something’s up. “One of the dangerous towns in the US” and you’re sitting there peacefully under the bright neon glow of Target, having saved money on a room with a kitchen! Ignorance really is bliss, and honestly, sometimes that’s the best way to travel. 😂

    Safe travels to you and your family — may your rooms always have kitchens, your breakfasts always be free, and your neon lights always be bright enough to keep you blissfully unaware! ❤️

    1. Love this comment 🙂💕!

  4. I loved this! 😊 I think “feeling at home” is such a personal thing. For some people, a beautiful place immediately whispers, “I could live here,” while for others, home is tied much more deeply to familiar people, routines, memories, and everyday life.
    I also smiled at the kitchen, microwave, and mini-fridge becoming your little temporary home. And your Farmington story is priceless! 😂

    1. Thank you 🙂!

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    thetravelingtaylorsofficial

    Booking rooms with a kitchenette or at least a mini fridge is such a practical move — we do the same, and cooking one simple meal really does change the feel of a hotel room. Your son quietly deciding not to go for his usual run in Farmington made me laugh out loud. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss!

    1. A mini fridge and a microwave goes a long way when traveling!

  6. You are right. Nothing like home.

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