Do we travel to find new places… or to find a new version of ourselves?

Thats deep

Initially im travelling to find new places but i end up finding new versions of myself once i get there

Both at the same time.

Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness. I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. I seek the Vatican, and the palaces. I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated. My giant goes with me wherever I go.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We travel to experience ourselves in different lights and environments - or at least I do

Some places leave footprints on your soul instead of your shoes.