The Slow Travel Movement

Just as there's a slow food movement - taking your time and eating fresh, locally procured sustenance, there's also a slow travel movement. Rather than caulking up another country, and if its Tuesday, it must be Rome, slow travel is going somewhere and staying - observing and participating in the community and all it has to offer. This weekend's New York Times has a question-and-answer piece with the 70-something who has traveled extensively and now travels thoughtfully and slowly.  Worth a read. http://tinyurl.com/lkwbv3m.