CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR!!

Hi everyone, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year...hope you had a great time, with your family, your friends, your beloved or even in the other end of this beautiful planet!!

I know it's been a while since my last post, but you know with Christmas and all, it's a pretty busy time, to me this time of year is important, it's about family, cooking together, wearing ugly sweater, decorating, eating, drinking (mostly champomy and Monbazillac, I'm not really a Champagne person...I know WHAT??? but I just don't like the taste) and enjoying every moment (singing Disney song, dancing Ally McBeal dance...dancing again and opening presents...) all those moments that are to cherish especially for us travelers!

Because being a traveler and living our dreams also means that we are away a lot and that isn't always easy, missing birthdays or celebration of any kind...it's even harder... family being everything to me...but it's also very important to purchase what you want for yourself and not restrain it because of that love, I usually go abroad for a short period of time, 2 months being the longest I've stayed away (wanna know the reason changing life explains it all), but I'll try it again one day I'm sure of it, to me it would be an accomplishment to go for a very long time and just try to handle my life without my family's help all the time!

WHAT ABOUT 2017?

In 2016 I traveled a lot, like really a lot compared to every other year, Canary Islands, Malta, Morocco, USA, London, Montpellier, Amsterdam... so I've decided that I really didn't want it to stop and continue my adventures...so...

For now, 2017 Looks like this...EDINBURGH, PRAGUE, BUDAPEST, ICELAND, ONE SURPRISE WEEKEND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT and some others that are still being planned, so I'll wait for them to be ready and tell you then...what I can tell you now is that if they become real...it's gonna be a hell of a year!!

I still have so much to see and to do it's unbelievable how short a year is when you really are enjoying yourself...I mean a year goes fast normally but when you're finally on the right way, not confused about what you want if you should do it or not!
Things are a lot...I won"t say easier because you have to work quite hard to get what you want but..I would say things are just lighter, not like before when I felt like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders!

THIS FEELS GOOD!

What about you? what did you do for Christmas (we already know that I danced, sang, ate, drank, and had great gifts)? and most important what are your plans for 2017? 

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INSIDE AND OUT!!!

This is not about travel, it's very different from what I usually write about, it's just that I am tired of surviving...

There is soo many people nowadays that quit their jobs and completely change their path, a Trader that leaves everything behind to become a butcher or even a marketing communications Professional that drops all of it, because she travelled the world and opened her eyes to LIFE and became a veterinarian assistant in Australia...those people studied for years and worked for even more years behind a desk, they quit everything they knew to be steady, to live their Dreams because they finally get it...survival is good but to live is better !!!

Inside the society we survive, we listen to other person's advice, we want to blend in, to be part of that society, not to be considered as a pariah or a looser. We want to make a good impression in front of others, to make them envious of our great career, to be a role model in that beautiful society of ours, the perfect soldier, many are happy this way , they need this, they need to be inside of a secured circle, to be told what to do and when to do it...study, have a career, a home, a partner and a child or two that's life! and that's great, but it's not the only way of living, I can't imagine myself behind a desk my entire life, I crave for something more...I'm still inside that circle, and I've seen so many people saying that life is hard, life is unfair and not doing anything about it, I know that some people have debts and bills to pay, I can totally understand why they can't change their life for the better, for what they truly want, quit a job they hate and do whatever the hell they want!
But I don't understand why those who can and want too, don't do it! maybe they're like me, afraid to jump into the uncertain...but I'm sick of people I don't know anything about telling me how I should live my life...for god's sake it's MY LIFE!!
If I want to travel the world and write about it, I will do it, and if I fail to do it well those people will be welcome to tell me "I told you so" at least I would have done it.

I've been trying to blend in for five years now and every time was an epic fail, I will have to do it my way at some point. Saying it, is the easy part, but actually doing it, be brave enough to listen to myself and not to listen total strangers, that's the hard part!!
The thing is I rather live than to survive in a society that's telling me since I'm ten that I'll do nothing of my life if I'm to kind and that it's normal to have a bully as a boss....I'm sorry but what king of shit is that??


My post is probably cheesy and all but I have a blog and it's to share everything that I want and I thought that was important to explain how I feel and that others who feel like I do might see that they're not alone. And Explain to you that it's okay to want something more than just to please others.
Just jump into the unknown, we don't owe them anything, don't listen to those who tell you that " if you do that you will ruin your life!!" that life is yours, so enjoy it, you only have this one, you won't have a second chance, don't wait until it's too late, I won't, I'll do everything that I can to live it to the fullest, it's hard and scary but at least I would have tried that's more than others could say!

I kinda hope that it will help some to feel better and motivate to jump off the cliff, that was my feeling Inside and now out! hope you've enjoyed!!

HOW TO OVERCOME LONG-TERM TRAVEL BLUES!!

Well, friends...in a previous post I wrote about the Post-travel (traveler's) blues, but what about the blues that happens whilst traveling? That kind of blues generally appears to long-terms travelers, it is a reality that can touch you anytime, sometimes instead of hiking a beautiful tropical rainforest in Australia, you're just staring into the horizon thinking deeply about the people you lefts behind, those people you care so much about! thinking about the birthdays you missed or the bond between your friends or brothers and sisters that get tighter because of the routine they share while you are away living the life you've always dreamed about.
And at this point you're probably thinking "I'm really such a joke, I'm living this amazing life full of adventure and freedom and yet I feel empty" you just wish to be able to teleport yourself back home just a few days to reconnect with your family and friends and then go back again to your life feeling a lot better!
It's kind of dangerous to let your feeling going down on this road, I've been there when I was in Australia, the first time ever I left my cosy home and easy certain life for adventure, yes I left with the wrong people (btw I will probably write something about that too) which ended my amazing adventure sooner than expected but I'm not completely in denial, it was also the travel blues, first time away, missed family reunions and birthdays, the idea of not sharing the life of my beloved that  was really hard and I know that it played in my decision of going home earlier than I should have!
But with time and perspective, I know now that two days before living I was feeling better because I had other friends than the ones I left with to Australia but I already took my ticket back home.
And I know that if I had a job and rented an apartment instead of a small van shared with two other girls I had nothing in common with, a life to built instead of doing nothing all day but hitting the road just to visit some other land and doing it all too fast, I would probably still be there (not that I totally regret my life now, I've visited so many countries that I wouldn't have if I stayed there).
But if you don't go through your blues, think deeply about what's causing it, to what you can to fix before just leaving it behind.

So my advice to overcome this ...most certainly... temporary travel blues, are to:

First REST 

Because being exhausted makes everything muddier, like I said to stop a while, find a town, city or a place you feel good in, stay there for a whilst and rest, think about everything, regain strength to continue your amazing adventure!
And if your heart after resting and thinking through everything still tells you to leave and go back home then it's totally alright, go back to your roots, find strength around your beloved ones to know what you want to do next.

Second FIND WHAT'S CAUSING IT AND CHANGE IT

If you're feeling rest then think about the cause of your blues, it can be about so many things, family, travels, work or anything else you care about, GOD it can also be because of the lack of routine in your life...you thought that you left exactly because you were tired of the daily routine, well now you know that you can miss it too... not having a routine is exactly what happened to me, that's what created my blues and every living being knowing me knows that I left because of it!
But it's also really hard to live in a van with two other girls! that's really impossible, especially when you have nothing in common and you can't tell stupid jokes because they probably won't laugh at it or just being silly because they'll think you have a brain stroke! yes, that happens so routine can be GOOD!!!!!

Third RELATIONSHIPS

GO OUT!!! make friends, other friends if you left with some, meet people, party, laugh, have fun and just talk to someone else! you'll see it works, you'll already feel better!!

After doing all this (and there is probably advice that I missed and that others could give you) but you'll feel all better, It's all normal to feel alone and missing the ones you care about and leaving your life behind, but you've got to tell yourself...YOU ARE LIVING THE LIFE YOU WANTED SO BAD! you left that comfort zone, you did it... the only person you have to care about is you, and nobody is here to tell you how to do things and how to live your own life!
 It's a chance that not everyone is capable of taking, not just anybody can leave it all behind to pursue their dreams, you already did it, now you just have to focus and get it all together and continue to be strong and brave! and ENJOY... Because traveling is AMAZING!

What do you think about this? do you have more advice or any comment? 

MY FAVOURITES TRAVELLING SONGS !!!

   

I'm sure you've noticed too, that when you are traveling, songs have an immediate effect on your mood, or at least that is what's happening with me!

They have a tendency of making me feel free, whatever kind of songs I'm listening to, so I've decided to share the songs that affect me so much and makes me want to travel, even more, every time I listen to them.

first of all the Departure Song, that one of the most important, because it has the power to give you strength if, at the moment of leaving your home, you feel lost and not sure anymore of whether you want to go or not.

DEPARTURE SONG ( yes that how I call it)

Goodbye to you by Michelle Branch

I know that it is a very old song and that it is a love song but I can't change the way I feel when I listen to it, I just imagine that the words are about leaving your life and your loved ones behind to go and live your Dreams.

Since then I can't stop listening to that song when I'm on a plane or on a bus, a train well everytime I go away to live my life as I want it!

THE ROAD SONG ( Still actually calling it that way)

A Sky full of Stars by Coldplay

This is my favorite travel song ever, listening to it and picturing myself on the road, arms open through the roof window, feeling the Wind on my face, with the sun above me, is the next best thing in the world after when it actually happens.

That song is about finally getting the freedom I ever wanted, don't you feel it too? To me, this is the best traveling song of the world!

THE DREAMING SONG (no need for me to specify that I do call it dreaming song)

Somewhere over the Rainbow by Iz

Wow, listen to it and tell me that it's not giving you a feeling of joy and freedom and that you don't relate it to travels! It's calming and peaceful, and exactly what you need times to times to feel better on the road, helps me sleep sometimes! Great song when you feel alone at night.

HAPPY SONG (I'm actually not the one who calls it that way)

Walking on The Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves

Yes, I do love old songs, to me some of them are the best, probably because I'm nostalgic or Something!

That one, well what can I say about it that you don't already know, to get ready in the morning and have an amazing traveling day, enjoying life and the moment (because life is about the moments) there's no better song, And it always makes me want to dance even if I am in the middle of a very popular street.

THE SONG (I don't call it that but I never gave it a name so)

Maps by Maroon5

Driving fast (not too fast) and enjoying the moment, appreciate life and the opportunities that life has offered you, that if what that song is about to me, it's always what the song are about to me, (and you if you want to tell me of course) When I put on that song I'm no longer in this world, I focusing on the road in front of me, how fast I drive to make it even better, the feeling of speed, freedom, and Dreams that turns into reality.

THE TRAVEL SONG (To me that's the travel song because of Walter Mity)

Stay alive by Jose Gonzalez

Can I say Something more than what's just said in the title? Stay Alive, move, dance, scream, do what makes you the happiest person in the world that's what's important in our short lives.

We all end up the same, but it is our lives and what we did with them that matters, live your life as you want it.

If you want to be a working person and work for getting a greater paycheck well do it, if you want to have an amazing work that you love and not having anything else in your life well do it, if you want to never work and do nothing but going shopping or at the gym with your buddies well do it, and if you want to travel and live your life as a nomad always on the road well do it.

If you want to do everything that I just said or Something else, well the only person that it's stopping you from doing it is yourself...just stay alive! 

This are my favorites but of course, I have plenty other songs that I find perfectly fit for travels, like Corson - Raise me up or even Nico&Vinz - Am I wrong, this one too George Ezra - Budapest. Well, you can see I have many travel songs on my iPhone. I these songs are an essential part of the travels.

Do you think that too? what's your favorite traveling song?

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READY FOR ADVENTURE!!!!

You're taking pictures such as the ones above, and dressed like Indiana Jones!!
Personally, I am a huge fan of adventure movies, Indiana Jones, The Mummy (especially the Mummy), Lord of the rings and more modern The secret life of Walter Mitty....All this to say that that kind of movies have greatly influenced the person I am today.
Now I am part of the few people that thinks life isn't just about how society describes it, but that it is something more, it is an adventure!
Now the perfect shop to feel more like it is "Nature et Découverte". This one is my favorite, you can find anything and everything you wish...And I would  I know about it, my family and friends bought me soo many stuff in there that I could re-open a shop on my own!!!
I've got knives, a compass, a map, a survival kit, a solar battery, a diary and a lot more that I didn't show in here, like heated cushion a Navaro stool and more stuff like that...My wish, being sponsored by them one day, that would be AWESOME!!!
Now I only have to pack this stuff in my suitcase and go somewhere I'll use them, what about the Amazonian rainforest? Is it a good plan? Probably, I'll do it sometimes soon I hope, but for now I am packing for the Canary Island in approximately 10 days, that's going to be amazing, then in one month exactly from my departure to the Canary, I'll leave for Amsterdam, so the 15th of January (Yes, finally going!!).
My next post is probably going to be about what I will pack with me for the Canary Island, are you interested in it?

What do you think influenced you as a child and made you to the person you are now?

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MY DIARIES ARE OUT!!!

It's strange how things trends to evolve, you remember how you used to be when you were younger and you notice how much you've changed.
When it comes to me, well I remember how lost I was in life, the stupidest of all, was at school, I wasn't great at anything, really I was the same in everything, I did not have one subject I was great at.

At school, you always have that person who's better than everyone else and I didn't have that, you can trust me when I tell you that it use to bother me real hard!
A few years after, I started to show some interest in Tv Shows, English, and American ones and it irrevocably changed things for me, I started to get better in English, then better than the majority, and finally, over the years I was the best!
And today it makes me smile to remember how important it was for me, to find a purpose at school, because after that, after English, I still was lost, in what I wanted to do with my life, all my friends had such a clear idea of what they wanted, I was the only one to see things different!
 I was, and still am, a dreamer, I see life as it is, UNIQUE, "we only have but one life, so let's live it!!" that's my saying, some may not agree and I won't argue with you, you see life like it pleases you, but I think that we can't ruin it to please others.
In all my diaries, I cry, I complain, fell sad, happy, angry and sad again, all because I was still trying to be what others wanted me to be, to follow some stupid path that wasn't mine....then I discovered the world of travel and travelers and I can see that it has always been where I belong.
If I took some step back earlier, I could have seen it before, if I just took all my diaries like I did and put them next to one another, I could have seen the evolution, my diaries (which contains my feeling, my insecurities, my fears) had turned with time into travel diaries (which are my strength, my goal, my life) everyone does not see life as I do, I believe in destiny and my diaries were just a way to guide me, to the person I was supposed to be from the beginning!
I never knew exactly why I had to write down everything in gorgeous diaries, now I know, I am not lost anymore, I still am a dreamer, but I'm part of a group that sees life and the world differently, full of colors and cultures, a world of wanderlust!

Tell me, which object show you, your own evolution?

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