Suzanne Harrington: Sunburn and sunlounger battles — I don't want to be a typical tourist
Suzanne Harrington: "The idea of being bussed in and bussed out, of cheering when the plane lands, of a thousand identical balconies — give me a wonky B&B down a feral backstreet any day". Sun loungers line the beach at a resort. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Travel narrows the mind, said philosopher GK Chesterton.
He suggested that the only reason we go away is to see what is in front of us back home: “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.”
