The Things We Miss About Travelling

Here are the things we miss most about travelling 😕💔

1. The history

I knew my life had peaked when I threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome and made a wish. Just like the icon herself, Lizzie McGuire. 

It's honestly cooked galivanting around Austrian Palaces that Mozart once galivanted around. To almost get hit by a car in Liverpool where The Beatles grew up. To walk through buildings that Harry Potter was inspired by. 

To see the archaeological site of Pompeii or the largest religious structure in the world; Angkor Wat. To experience things I learned about in high school history classes. Well, to be completely honest, I was normally playing hangman rather than paying attention in class. But seeing history first-hand is enough to make anyone gobsmacked. The world truly is your classroom.

2. The people

I miss meeting someone in the free breakfast line at a hostel and then spending all day exploring with them (and probably all night drinking with them too). I still regularly keep in contact with people I hung out with for a day or two. 

Everyone is out of their comfort zone when travelling, therefore much more open to making friends and bonds fast. I've met the weirdest, wisest and most wonderful people around the world and I can't wait to meet more!

3. The freeeeedom

[Insert your best Mel Gibson - Braveheart impression here.]

Oh, how good it feels to be able to say; "should we go to Croatia or Greece?" or "should we go by train, bus or plane?". It really makes you realise that the world is your oyster. You can wake up and decide what sights to see, restaurants to try and shops to browse in. 

Sure, it can be a little overwhelming having to sort everything out sometimes, especially whilst on a budget. You'll spend a hell of a lot of time weighing up hostels (location or price?) and sorting out the cheapest route to France. Buuut, at the end of the day, it's liberating and exciting! 

4. The wild stories

Nothing beats a wild travel story.

From having $2000 smackeroos stolen from me (dw, I got it back), to accidentally taking a guy to court, to getting a bug stuck in my ear, I've collected my fair share of travel anecdotes. I'm not advising one to hitchhike around Italy or sleep on beaches in Spain, but let's just say they made for some wack stories and true character building. 

My ultimate goal in life is to be the one with the wildest stories and trust me, all I need to do is travel to get them.

5. The perspective

Travelling makes you feel blessed to be from Australia. We won the genetic lottery and grew up in a developed country that offered us free education and healthcare and an abundance of opportunities. 

Traveling humbles you by having you experience first hand the people around the world who do not have and will not have the opportunities you've had in life. It can be overwhelming and heartbreaking, but it also makes you more empathetic and aware. 

Not only that, you realise that there's more than one way to live. You realise how gorg the planet is. You realise how priceless experiences are. And you realise just how similar every human being really is from all walks of life... Wow, that got deep. But for real, travelling is one of the best things you can do to broaden your perspective. I miss that the most. Being shook, out of my comfort zone and seeing every nook and cranny of the world.