466 Days on the Road

All of the things in life come to an end at some point. Most of them you can do it again and again if you really want to.

I was on the road for 466 days. Huh! It is a big number of days when you think of traveling and not sleeping in your bed. But on the other hand I don't know when all of these days run by. It was a crazy journey around the world. I still can't realize in 100% what I've experienced and seen in the last 15 months. I guess all of this will hit me step by step once I start to sort out my life and bring it back to "normal". First of all, I want to spend some time with family and friends and then find a new job, a place to live, etc. I'm not afraid of the new beginning but I'm also aware that there will be tough moments where I'll think about the freedom I had. And how I didn't have a clue which day and date are we. Every day was weekend for me. But that's ok. You know why? Because I don't need to limit myself with what I will do as my next step in life. Whatever the next step will be, I can aways take another one and repeat what I've done in October 2017 - quite my job and go discover the world. There are still a lot of countries on my list I want to visit. For now, I'm good being back in Europe - my favourite continent in the world.

During my travels I visited 5 continents, 14 countries. I could probably visit up to 30 but I wasn't in a hurry. I wanted to feel each country's vibe and get to know how the people live. Believe me, you get tired very easily of seeing all the temples in southeast Asia or churches in Guatemala. If you manage to come in contact with locals, everything has more meaning and it makes you understand the country and what you see around you more.

I was writing this on the plane back to Slovenia with a smile on my face. I am very grateful and happy. Especially of all the things that I've seen and the moments I lived. The whole travel made me realize (not just once) how lucky I am to have the freedom and the choice in my life. A lot of people are born without both of them. So yeah, I'm coming back with a mind set of 'not taking everything for granted' and keeping in mind where I come from and what was given to me just by the fact where I was born. But I still can't promise that I won't complain about the weather now and then. :) At least, I skipped the winter.