Travelling: the most exciting story
If I have discovered something useful in my life, that is travelling is a worthwhile experience. If I regret something in my life, that is having started so late. If I want to share something of my life, that is how travelling has changed me. So, here we go.
My first trip abroad was in my honeymoon. We went to Rivera Maya, in Mexico. It wasn’t a really nice experience, taking into account that a strong hurricane happend when we were there. Nevertheless, when I look back, I truly believe it was worth it. Why can I say anything like that? Quite simple: we learnt a lot. First of all, for the first time, we had to solve a range of problems being out of our usual comfort zone, far away from our country. All this involves developing social skills and trying to find solutions, sometimes in a creative way. Thus, in a certain extent, this means growing up.
On the other hand, we could know closely the mexican culture, despite missing the visit to emblematic monuments, because we had to speak a lot with the locals. Nowadays, I think this was the best of that trip, in addition to meet new people, tourists like us. I didn’t know in that moment, but that trip opened my mind somehow.
After travelling to Mexico in 2005, we’ve been to London, Paris, Dubrovnik, New York, Carcassone, Prague and running around Italy, Scotland, Belgium, Greece, West Coast of United States, Australia, New Zealand and recently Iceland. The consequence is always the same: the last trip unleashes the wish of another one.
Maybe it’s something obvious but people is quite different in every country. I have to highlight how kind, friendly and welcoming is people in Australia and New Zealand. Also, in United States we found nice and very polite and helpful people. In general, my perception in Europe is not the same. I mean, there are lovely people out there, of course, but I suppose that Europeans are colder or just more introvert. And I’m an European, Spaniard to be more specific, I mean, I’m not precisely an outlander.
It’s really interesting to find out how different the traditions are. Not only the cuisine, the timetables, the folk or the music, for instance. I don’t really know how to explain, maybe it’s just an impression. I guess it’s that you feel everything’s different when you are abroad. Of course, you are a foreigner there and most of things seem unusual, because you come from another culture. That’s a fact. Even the fresh air seems special, perhaps just because you are enjoying the freedom of traveling and the awarness of every single thing around you. In sum, it’s a mindful experience and your eyes are wide opened in order to miss nothing.
However, I suppose that every tourist has lots of anecdotes from their trips. Sometimes it’s something that happened, sometimes it’s something you saw or whatever. In any case, it’s something that caught your eye. For example, it was something unusual for us, but very typical in New Zealand to see barefoot people there. Nothing really outstanding, I guess, but for us it was shocking. I can’t imagine Spaniards walking without shoes on the streets. Kiwis are truly special people in the best way possible. They look relaxed, free and genuine people. I have unforgettable memories of the days I stayed there.
The examples could be countless, but this was not the only goal of this article. I would like to share how exciting traveling is and how important could be for everyone. In my case, it changed me in lots of ways. I think I am more open-minded and comprehensive now. There are more than one point of view and not always our point it’s the right one. If you stay the most of your life inside the same boundaries, it’s more difficult to understand this. So, don’t doubt, traveling is worth it, no matter where you go, just go.
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