Traveling is like gambling it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Traveling is like gambling it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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