Moving Places, Moving Countries, Moving Nations….

Moving Places, Moving Countries, Moving Nations….

·        Have you been bitten by a travelling bug?

·        Do you love travelling as much as I do?

·        Where have you been so far?

·        What was your most memorable experience?

·        What was your best moment?

·        What was your worst moment, if any?

·        What is your favourite place to be?

·        Have you met and made a few friends along the way?

·        Have you been keeping in touch with them all?

·        Have you been moving a lot?

·        Have you been working abroad?

·        Have you ever tried a gap year?

·        Any visa stories of your own?

·        What country has got your soul?

·        Where did you make the most friends?

·        Are you a huge fan of taking photos on your travels?

·        Have you been keeping a journal of your travelling?

·        What memory will be stuck with you forever and ever?

·        Is there still any spot in the world, wherever that is, that you would love to visit any time soon?

·        Is there a place you wish to visit and see once again one more time?

·        Would you like to travel alone?

·        If with someone else, who would you like to join you on your travels?

·        What has been your most recent adventure, a travel, an experience?

·        What has been your very first adventure, a travel, an experience?

·        What does travelling mean to you and what does it represent to you?

·        Would you recommended to someone to go on and go travelling? If so, why would that be, what would be the primary reasons for going after it?

·        What continents have you visited, if any?

·        What countries have you visited, if any?

·        Have you experienced a personal space? Have you had your own personal space?

·        What could be the advantages and the disadvantages of travelling alone, of travelling solo?

·        What would be the cons and the pros of travelling with the companion, with the friend, with the family member, with the soul-mate, with the travelling buddy, with the teacher, with the group, with the like-minded person, with the boyfriend, with the girlfriend, with the husband, with the wife, with the spouse, with the best friend, with the neighbour, with an imaginative friend, etc?

Living in this day and age, we have been literally bombarded with opportunities and options in regards to travelling and gaining experiences and living and working and holidaying abroad.

While being away and when getting lost, we are simultaneously finding ourselves and discovering ourselves and creating ourselves all at the same time!

Travelling away, experiencing a different culture, eating and tasting different and interesting food, meeting new, interesting, fun people while making new friends along the way, living in a foreign country, speaking and learning foreign language, buying and bargaining, getting lost and asking for direction, getting to know the local produce, the local transport, the local people, the local traditions, the local sightseeing, the local landmarks, the local tourists spots that and even more is offering to us in all its beauty for us to touch, to feel, to grab, to grasp, to sense, to embrace, to enjoy, to experience it.

Travelling to me means and represents a challenge, stepping outside my comfort zone, doing something that I have never done before, being somewhere I have never been before, experience things that I have never had an opportunity to taste and experience before. 

For me it is an opening myself to new possibilities and opportunities, new options that I may have never ever opted for myself, new openings, new journeys, new routes and roads to take on, to embark on, windows and doors opening that I may have never even considered before, falling in love with the place, with the people, with the local kitchen, with the culture, with the landmarks, with the sightseeing, with the local church, with everything for my very first time, straight in a head over the heels way.

I have definitely and certainly done my share of travelling and am still open to new options and possibilities. The sky is the limit and my mind is open in this way in more ways imaginable.

Most of the time, I have been travelling alone or in some instances with my sister and friends on shorter trips and adventures.

Yes, it is not an easy road to take and to embark on, it is not an easy decision to make. They are consequences and they are reasons good enough for going after it. However, never the less, one must be smart and wise and advised enough and content enough with the journeys that are going to come along the way, the very good ones, the good ones, the not so very good ones, and all in between, as well, too.

You may go on without seeing your family and friends back then for months, even years, as in my own example, from my very own experience. You may struggle, feel lonely, be totally and brutally alone, feel homesick, want to give up million times over, you may want to cry and sob, and burst into tears, you may also feel euphoria, a total joy, or total sadness, a total bliss and contentment and happiness, or you may be and feel desperation, you may think you will conquer the world and come out stronger and braver and a better human being than the one who has entered the world and the war! 

But then again, how come the things don’t go as you planned, as they should go anyway? 

How come no one understands your trouble, your sorrow, your sickness of everything and anything and everybody and anybody.

Is it possible at all to come out of this hole, to come out of this loophole and still feel victorious, still feel there is no need to fight the battle, you already are the winner just for showing up, just for taking that bold and courageous step, just for taking an action?

Who has ever done that and succeed?

Could that be you OR is that you?? J

Please, I would love to hear your comments!!

Much, much appreciated… J

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