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Jul 17, 2011

"The most important lessons in life can never be expressed in black and white, but must be experienced. Experience is the greatest teacher." --Benny Lewis

29 Lessons From Travelling the World

"Eight years. That's 416 weeks, or almost 3,000 days. This is the amount of time that I have not had a fixed home; moving to a new country, culture and language every few months and taking absolutely everything I own with me. In 2003, on the week of my 21st birthday, I left Ireland for good. I had graduated university a few days before, and knew that I'd only be coming back "home" for visits. But it's not really my home any more. Since then, 'wherever I lay my hat, that's my home.' I have become the person I was meant to be in the last 4/5 of a decade, while on the road. And I certainly still have a lot left to learn." Recently, it was Benny Lewis's 29th birthday and 8 year "travelversary," so he shared 29 lessons he's learned about life: