In German, the summer holiday is referred to as "Sauregurkenzeit," which in English means pickle time and refers to the time of year when people set aside time to rest and just marinate in the sun! These are the travelers that pack early, check to make sure they have their travel documents multiple times and get to the airport to check in hours before they actually need to. But, what it refers to is those individuals who get into a state of anxiety before traveling. Reisefieber, Travel FeverĮveryone knows someone who has "Reisefieber," which translated into English means travel fever. The German word "Sehnsucht" can be translated into English in many ways, such as to have yearning or craving, but the word as a concept and its roots can refer to a lingering illness of heart-wrenching pining for something indefinite or yet unknown.
It is that immense longing to be somewhere else, far from where you are now. While in German, there is a word "Heimweh," which means homesickness, there is also a word that means the opposite, "Fernweh." In English, the concept can be described as having "farsickness," i.e., a yearning to be in a far-off place, whether you have been there before or not.
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