One of the way in which I reward myself from time to time when the business of day to day life make way for a short break is by buying a travel magazine. These magazines provide me with dreams and ideas for leisure trips and hard core adventures on my Gomoto.
My favorite magazine by far is Weg, an Afrikaans travel magazine. I enjoy the informative articles, the creative use of language, and the inspiration found in the magazine.
Last week my wife decided to spoil me with this magazine. EXCEPT! She bought the English version of the magazine, called Go!.
The articles are exactly the same. The pictures are the same. The layout has not changed. The translation is excellent.
BUT. It is just not the same. Somehow it just does not feel right. I'm not even sure if the camp fire food (made according to an English recipe), would taste exactly as the food made according to the same recipe in Afrikaans.
I live and work in English. My family speaks English exclusively at home. But it would seem that my dreams, of travel in particular is in Afrikaans.
If I wanted English, I'd buy the Getaway magazine. But who wants to Getaway if you can go with Weg!
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