Two too safe souls?

Yestereve, in an old-style southern home, with pleasant wine and delicious seafood, I talked to two old friends who seem to have known no strong passions, illusions, dreams, confusions,...in their lives. How shall they understand why in my search I went to eg Concord, Dornach, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Mt. Sinai, Varanasi, Down House, Tintern, Weimar, Qufu, Mt Tai, et many al?