Fernweh (n.) - farsickness
The beautiful domes of Sergev Posad The Germans have some beautifully descriptive words, associated with travel. The one that I have been relating to most, during these COVID-19 lockdown days, is ' Fernweh '. Quite literally, it means 'farsickness', as in the antonym for 'homesickness'. It is a word that the Germans would use to describe the longing for far-off unseen places and it is the word that I am going to use to describe what I'm feeling at the moment! Nothing about being housebound has bothered me as much as the fact that I cannot actually travel anywhere to see new places. Oh, what I would give to book a last-minute deal, pack a small bag and bound off for a quick city-break, somewhere that isn't where I am at the moment! Flying over the Hummingbird, Nazca Desert Perhaps the Germans love to travel - they must do, otherwise why would they have so many travel-related words? I was born into an Indian community that has the trave...