travelling at lunchtimes

Although I sometimes visit other buildings to drink coffee with friends elsewhere on campus and occasionally, go outside to sit in the sun when we have good weather, most luchtimes I rely upon my computer to transport me out of the office.
The web allows me to catch up with news from both sides of the Atlantic and to virtually visit festivals and reunions I have been unable to attend. However, official websites and newspapers do not compare to the e-mailed holiday snaps or the wedding photos of old friends whom I no longer get to see as often as I would like.
Last weekend, I had the happy experience of attending a wedding in a place I once called home and catching up with many friends some connected to the wedding and others not.
These are just a couple of the places to which I often find myself imaging I would like to travel at lunchtime. It is a bittersweet thought that they are now so far from home.