They needed their own beds and room to play. The boys hadn't been able to run in weeks. Elizabeth needed to be able to sing her loudest without worrying about what the guest house mother would do. And time to see their friends. The Traveler's Blues.
Many times travelers come home and fall into a depression.
Is it any wonder. Then reality sets in, and travelers realize that not everyone is interested in every detail. That, in fact, just because you found the answer to life while sitting on a mountain in Tibet in your underwear, or discovered a lost civilization in China along the way, these are your experiences and they are difficult to articulate in an interesting way. Often, depression sets in. Its understandable. particularly since many travelers to far off places we found to be doing so because they had a crisis in their lives or a major issue to resolve.