I do not like to read manual. I am really not that sort of person. As I first timer for a new machine, I usually tend to just flip the first page of the guidebook for a few minutes and then put it down. The next thing I would do is to start experimenting those different buttons of the machines described from the book. Yes, I know that is so not smart; I know by doing so I run the risk of breaking the machines. But I just can not quite operate the machine by just reading the manual. In my record, I did mess up a couple of machines and computers before. But hey, I learned from all the mistakes after doing so each time and even better still, I became familiar with the machines.My travel companion and I tend to favor the free-and-easy traveling style. For our trips thus far, we did some research for the places that we would be visiting. But we did not set a proper plan and schedule for the trips. We would just get a map and start wondering around the place. And we enjoyed doing that. When we bumped into something interesting, we just stopped and checked out the place/thing. By doing so, we realized we've been discovering new interesting things, some even not mentioned or highlighted in the guidebooks. I could still remember we were intending to check out an area in our DC trip. So we took the metro and got off at Dupont Circle. We took out the map trying to figure out where to explore. Obviously both of us are pretty bad in map-reading. So guess what happened? We ended up walking towards to other direction heading towards another side of the downtown area (where we came from) that we had never been. And in that area, we found out the National Geographic Museum coincidentally. Surprisingly we both really liked this museum, far better than some of those emphasized in the guidebook.
During our recent trip, we were trying to find a good place to try out the local cuisine. Again, we did not have any partcular ones in mind. We walked around. A guy was distributing flier to us. We glanced at it for a few seconds and spontaneously headed to the place to try out since the price was pretty reasonable. The food turned out to be really delicious. A middle-aged couple was sitting next to our table. The lady started chatting with us. "We came from another city. Each time we are in town, we will come to this place for dinner. It is the best restaurant here, with good food and good price." We agreed.
We would certainly miss out a lot if we only follow exactly what we are instructed. We have to be a little adventurous in our explorations. You might be a great discover. Heh. Who knows?
♥ every page of my imagination
