I Can’t Stop Changing My Mind!
When I decided to travel, I had only a vague idea of where I’d like to visit. I’d initially planned to spend 3 months exploring Europe, followed by 3 months volunteering in Hawaii and hadn’t planned much else. As soon as I threw myself into the travel community and started to read blogs and research locations, my route changed entirely. The length of the trip quadrupled in size, and my dreams grew bigger than ever. I realised that spending in three months in Europe would likely evaporate a lot of my savings, and after looking at the prices, especially in Western Europe, I knew that I would have to cut this out of my plan. There were areas of Eastern Europe that fascinated me, with the added bonus of being a lot cheaper! I took these countries one at a time, and studied them, learnt about things to do, read about other peoples’ experiences there, and either added them to my list, or crossed them off. Eventually I had a list of places I wanted to visit, and cou...