Why are you still travelling?

Dolores has asked that more than once.

I asked it myself last week, when I had an incredibly stressful journey back from Brazil. All my own fault. 

 My answer: social contact.

The older you get, the harder it is to either meet new people. Or hang onto the ones you already know. As they drift off geographically, spiritually or physically. 

My international beer gigs are a great opportunity to socialise. Meet old friends. Make new ones. Pretend that I'm still a student. 

That's it, really.Pretending to be young again. If only for a couple of days.