Category: Travel

While it's good to work toward your goals, don't you feel like constantly chasing things makes you run all the time and not "enjoy the moment"? What if, for example, while you are in a country and you think "Hmm, I really would like to stay here longer ..." I mean a real feeling, not a whim?

You have many goals and you are doing current things to work towards them, but life gives you new and unexpected situations that change directions and divert your path; Literally when you walk you find side streets that are worth it, trying to listen to the surprises that arise, and enjoy each day without thinking about the end of the destination.

Like I said, great question. The short answer in my case is yes, from time to time I would like to stay longer somewhere. I feel like this every time I travel. I'm not sure what to expect from the sites, so I don't plan on staying much longer than 7 days, but then they turn out to be one of my favorite places in the world and I want to extend my stay until I become an expert local guide for that city.

For example, before visiting Montreal, I felt that I had already seen enough of the world and it wouldn't be that different. (It's not always popular to say so, but in various regions of the world, many of the locations are quite similar.) However, Montreal is a magical place and so much fun at the same time. The city has its own life that may sound strange but is as real as its language and delicious French food.

Besides being a city full of opportunities of all kinds, this destination is the meeting point of many cultures. Visiting Montreal means seeing, smelling, tasting and listening to many corners of the world. You can listen to music (mainly jazz) in any of its streets and enjoy a night of spectacular dance in the Latin Quarter , after a good drink in the bars of Boulevard St-Laurent .

«The important thing is not to travel to go anywhere, it is to travel to move.

Get out of your comfort zone. »

I travel to travel. I like the process of going from one place to another. I like airports, buses, shuttles, hotel rooms, trains, subways… and I like putting the pieces of the puzzle together: how can I get three different tickets in a short space of time? How can I apply for visas for Burundi and Cameroon simultaneously? Will I have enough time for a trip to Turkey before traveling to Canada?

Lately, there are many pieces within the puzzle that make up a trip: PCR, Vaccination Certificate, Visa, Stay Form, etc. And, of course, the fact that what works for some does not work for others. But what defines whether any of us are successful in enjoying the moment is not necessarily related to geography.

Valuing life is generally more of an internal decision than a response to external circumstances. If you've ever been happy during a stressful time at work or unhappy on vacation, you understand how it works.

So, in that sense, it's better to find a way to enjoy all you can at any given moment, even if your final destination changes and you fall in love with the city that would be your bridge!

There are many lives to live and the idea of knowing them is what moves us, the one that encourages us to let go. The idea of the unexpected, the unknown makes us feel strong and invincible. It is that drop that broke the camel's back that gave you the impulse to change, don't waste it, keep going because there is always another life to live, other people to know, another world to learn.

We are born with the idea that we have a life and as such it must be perfected to reach the climax of well-being that society imposes on us: a good house, car, work, family, etc. But have you ever asked yourself, why does it have to be one? Many lives can be lived in one life because every time you finish a story you start over from scratch.

You can be reborn in a different city, speak another language and have another profession. This is called emigration, but society also sees it as something strange when you do it several times, and they call you crazy, adventurous or simply misfit.

I see life as albatrosses. These wonderful birds all that is big about their wings, they are faithful to them. Albatrosses are seabirds of long distances, they are the globetrotters par excellence. Although the vital strategies of these seabirds (very long development cycle, delayed sexual maturity, low fertility, etc.) make them extremely vulnerable to these threats both at sea and on land, they always continue the journey.

Although albatrosses mate for life, they can find new partners if necessary, for example if they outlive their first mate. The behavior of albatrosses, which delay the time of breeding, makes them eternal travelers in search of that accompaniment or "love" that lasts for a lifetime, and what a life: albatrosses live about 50 years.

Life is not just one, because whenever you have the opportunity to change and start from scratch you start living another life. That is why you have to live many lives and fly as far as you can reach them ! .

Traveling is more than a word and traveling alone is more than a lonely road. Traveling has become a real and exciting relationship that I never want to part with. I travel with me because it is the way to tell the world: I am free to dream and fight for my dreams! Our goal in life is to be happy. I never travel alone… I am always with myself and my dreams!

I travel alone because I learned that happiness is in being free, in understanding that you don't need anyone other than yourself to be the woman you dreamed of; free and authentic. Because it serves to adjust the imagination to reality and to see things as they are, instead of thinking how they will be. I am filled with wonderful people along the way and I feel like the world is smaller and more achievable.

In a moment of the trip I forgot and healed; I managed to put my fears aside. These experiences let me know how far I can go and why they have allowed me to meet wonderful people, why I feel part of the whole when I do it, because it makes me realize that only one is a multitude, and suddenly the whole of humanity becomes a family.

I learned to know myself and to share time with me! Getting lost is an adventure, I developed a sense of alertness and location. It is a way of showing that it is worth taking the risk and verifying that nothing can go wrong. The magic of sharing what you are living is what gives life to each trip, it is what drives you to go further, that is the magic of traveling alone, living life your way and knowing that you are doing the right thing, not for the world if not for yourself.

I travel alone to break the stereotypes that the world instills in us, so I can connect with my essence and recognize myself. In this way I can strengthen myself in any adversity, get out of my comfort zone, expand the horizons of the world and of life. Traveling introduces a stimulus in my intellectual capacities, makes me more creative and develops my social and emotional skills.

The best thing happens when you are out of your comfort zone, get the most out of you and learn from yourself and others every day!

Have you ever thought about leaving everything for love , starting from scratch? Traveling to another continent because you had fallen in love? Or have you already done it? If so, you know what I'm talking about.

If there is something capable of connecting two people thousands of miles apart, it is LOVE . It is curious that two souls find themselves traveling, in places they do not belong to and that it is then when they connect.

That precise moment that serves to light the unstoppable fuse that sets everything in motion: a new trip, a business, a change of country, a vital project, children in another hemisphere ... Because there are people who when they come together create magnificent things, motivating each other and making creativity fly.

Let's fall in love! Let's discover what is behind those sensations that make magic emerge, the spark of life .

Love between two people who belong to different countries enhances creativity, because it awakens your curiosity to learn another language to understand it and communicate your feelings. You want to know their environment and their culture to know what that person likes, what motivates them to smile and function every day. Exploring your field of work opens your mind to innovate in other areas and discover that perhaps you are made for that too.

The ability to generate new ideas towards undertaking a different path, raises your self-esteem that will allow you to take the necessary risk to boost your life, believe in yourself ,believe in your potential. The multiculturalism that this love gives you stimulates the richness of your spirit and your mind because learning will be infinitely greater in the opportunities that we will have to know other religions in depth, adaptive wealth to different social contexts, diverse traditions ... leading us to greater tolerance, respect and flexibility .

With creativity we arrive at solutions that allow us to adapt to the context that is constantly changing; When having a partner from another country, motivation plays an important role, which makes us approach that unknown culture with greater interest and soak up it. Although it also depends on the open-mindedness that we have. The greater the openness to the experience, the more stimulation, so there could be the possibility of having greater creative capacities.

The relationship between two people of different cultures is a real mental adventure!

Travelers say that « One of the wonders of nature that is repeated every year happens in the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. There, from October to April, millions of Monarch butterflies can be observed that, despite their small size, only 9 cm, migrate thousands of kilometers. Without GPS or any ultra-modern navigation system, the species is able to return to the same hibernation sites after several generations. Monarch butterflies repeat their journey every year, coming from North America. Their flight patterns are intuitive, inherited, and apparently based on a mix of circadian rhythms and the position of the sun in the sky. It is one of the few insects that manages to make transatlantic crossings. A few Monarch butterflies arrive in southwestern Britain and Spain in favorable wind years »… guided by their instincts .

This story of the Monarch butterflies that are carried away by their instinct to undertake their journey that will take them to warmer places where they can spend the winter seems to me a good example to encourage us to drop moorings, to leave the Port, to leave our area of comfort to reach destinations we dream of.

We all need, as Monarch butterflies do, to embark on a journey to achieve the goals we have set for ourselves. Relying on our intuition to direct us towards our dreams and make them come true and not wait to have everything under control. Because that is what life consists of, taking risks for what we dream and believe, for what we are passionate about and learn to trust.

Trust your instuition, in what makes your heart vibrate and excite your soul. Trust in the flight without fear of the result you may have, because even being negative you have already gained an experience, you learned to function in a new habitat and most importantly you prove to yourself that you can do everything.

And yes, it is very important to set goals, to establish where we want to go. Goals direct us, guide us, but we must not let them take total control of our life and prevent us from enjoying the present.

Therefore, when you make up your mind, when you start your trip, put your five senses and enjoy because only then can you feel when the wind blows in your favor.

So, listen to your instincts that will help you choose which path is the most appropriate and the one that takes you further!