I love seeing things in person that I feel are things that can be dubbed as "you only see in books." I think that's part of why I love traveling so much. I love to go places and actually see these things in person to know what it's all about, opposed to just turning the pages in another book. One of the greatest kicks I've had in traveling though was when I was at Saqqara in Egypt with my friend Brian.

To explain, I read at least one book about the history of a country I'm visiting befo...