March 2020. It has been a week since the pandemic became impossible to ignore, and the world is beginning to close. Borders tighten. Flights disappear from departure boards. Countries start issuing travel warnings. One by one, the places I dream about become out of reach. Just a few weeks ago, I am researching my next trip. Saving hotels. Looking up train routes. Building itineraries. Now I refresh the news instead. Nobody seems to know what happens next. Will borders reopen in a week? In three months? Next year? Welcome, I am so glad your are here. For the first time in my life, travel feels uncertain. Not expensive. Not complicated.…