return journeys
Trips back home
Return journeys are trips back to one's starting point.
The phrase emphasizes the round-trip nature of travel—you go somewhere, then return: The return journey took longer due to traffic.
In British usage especially, a return journey or return ticket covers both directions, while Americans more often say round trip.
- homewardToward one's dwelling
- backtrackReverse one's position
- roundtripJourney both directions
- there and backComplete outbound-return journey
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
retracing · departure · one way ticket · arrival · ticket · luggage · nostalgia · familiar · safe travels · roads · miles · final stretch · getting back · exhaustion · anticipation · sunset · headlights · suitcase
- diasporaAfrican diaspora, exiles, Irish diaspora, emigrants, Jewish diaspora
- immigrant literatureimmigrant stories, displacement, cultural memory, belonging, assimilation
permanence of departure
return journeysemigration
Leaving homeland permanently
exile · exodus · diaspora · fleeing · point of no return
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