What I think of traveling.......SOLO

For being nineteen years old, I am a pretty well-traveled individual. I have been to Switzerland, England, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Mexico, and Canada, but I have never made any of those treks on my own. To me having a couple of people with you when you are vacationing is essential because they will help you remember the little things, possibly even make you feel more safe, and they will definitely make the trip more fun. I feel like if I went to another country without any plans of meeting anyone along the way, I would be out of place not having someone to have a conversation with. Sure, I would still get to see the country at my own pace, but I would be lonely if I wasn’t doing it with a friend. Honestly, I would almost feel guilty going on a trip like that by myself, because I want to share my same experience with other people. In some ways, I can see where Cate is coming from. I am relatively extroverted person, but everyone needs time to themselves at some point. Usually when I need to get away from people and clear my mind I usually go on a walk, take a bike ride, go running, or take a drive somewhere. A couple of weekends ago I was in need of a soul refresher so I took about a 6 hour drive along the hood canal making several stops along the way. It gave me time to think about things, and clear my mind of everything that was going on. When I went to O’Dea high school in Seattle I would leave my house at 6 am and I wouldn’t usually get home until 5 pm at the earliest. That whole time I was on city buses, public ferries, and at school constantly surrounding by people. I think that I why I started taking long runs, just to get away from all of the hype.  I can definitely relate to what cate is saying, but I do not want to separate myself away from people for weeks at a time half way across the world. This educational narrative actually provides a lot of useful information if you are the type to travel the world solo, and it is a good example of a perfect educational narrative in my opinion and it is my favorite one we have read so far.