ok..School is gonna get really busy starting next monday, and it was so hard to try to match everybody's schedule, so on the 10th of Oct, I decided to take a trip by myself. And the trip started on the 12th..
rushed to book hostels, concert tickets for vienna, tour for munich castles and everything needed on Sunday, and printed them out on Monday during lesson break and sneak out of the class halfway to catch my first train of this trip! LOL~
I started on the 12Oct and reached back home on the evening of 20th.. During this 8days trip I spent 1 night in Berlin, 2 days in Prague, 2 days in Vienna and 2and half day in Munich and half a day in the train..
Berlin
Prague/Praha
Vienna/Wien
Munich/Munchen
It is really nice to travel by yourself! When I first told the guys that I am going alone, everyone was like 'o that is so brave' and some 'are you crazy?' :D However, I realized on the trip that there are sssoooo many girls travelling alone in Europe, and most them spent a year on their trip. I guess if you are cautious enough, and have the basic sense of direction, travelling alone is not such a horrible idea!
Here are a few things i thought about regarding this super cool trip:
1) you are alone, so you always have the tendency to talk to other people..and that is how you make new friends! I have met a lot of really cool people in hostels, tours and even those who sat beside me on the train, concerts and even dinner! People who bravely quit their really superior and stable jobs to travel, people who took a year off school as a break to travel and so on~ Almost all of them are really nice and we clicked really well, so for Berlin and Munich, I actually toured with some of them~~ and get a lot of first hand tips for travelling to other cities! I think this is really cool~~~~~~ :)
2) When u are travelling alone, you do everything on your own pace. There will not be toilet-waiting, or lost-of-group-members-delay, and etc. You get to choose where u wanna go, how u wanna go there and when u wanna go. Everything is free and easy~ You could get a lot accomplished in a day. This is an obvious benefit of travelling alone, but I just wanna emphasis how true this is! :)
3) When you are on the train/bus alone, you tend to do a lot of productive things. I actually finished reading my whole textbook on the train!!!LOL...I could nvr do that at home (with the presence of my computer).. So i guess it is a good way to catch up with your readings! LOL~
4)When you are by yourself, you have time for some serious thinking.. I thought a lot..about my next trip..Haha..and I already have a rough plan for my next 'adventure gloria - mission lonely planet part II' !! It is going to be great!
I have to admit, first started this trip, before getting used to 'starting-a-conversation-with-other-random-people', you will feel lonely and a lack of energy. However, a little while later, you will get used to it and totally enjoy it! And then, loneliness is no longer an issue cuz you will starting to know people...As I am writing these, I get really excited for my next mission which is coming up in Nov..there r going to be a number of trips that I plan to go by myself, gonna start the detail planning asap! can't wait!!!!
I will update the blog as often as I can..Going to spain tomorrow, going to sleep early today!..ZARA!!MANGO!!YEAH!!
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