Home and abroad

After a short time living in a foreign country, I noticed conversations with locals assumed a (1) _____ pattern. There were standard answers to the usual questions:

Most questions caused little (2) _____ - it was rather like dancing, where both partners know how to avoid (3) ______on each other’s toes.

But “When are going home?” was a question I  (4) __________ to answer, whenever I (5) ________my life and the direction it seemed to be (5) ________.

In the last ten years, I had lived in a dozen counties. And I had traveled through a dozen more: usually in (7) ______ of a purpose or a person: occasionally to see the attractions.

This kind of travel is not (8) ________wandering, but is the extensive exploration of a wide (9) ________ of cultures. However? It doesn’t allow you to put down roots.

At the back of your mind, (10) ________, is the idea of home, the place you come from.