Travelling is not always fun. Sometimes you have to suffer. Part 1 Now I am sitting by the ocean with my laptop, eating a sandwich with chicken I bought for 3 euro and thinking about finishing ‘The Plague’ by Albert Camus. Thanks him I know what the existential crisis is. I have it sometimes. Maybe this morning I had an exacerbation. I was walking near the ocean thinking: “What’s the next?”. And couldn’t find an answer. Six hours later I am eating my second sandwich and still don’t know the answer. Having typical Gauguin’s questions: “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”. Not really positive thoughts, what do you think? You know, for me travelling is much more than just visiting medieval castles, taking photos near majestic cathedrals and swimming in the sea. That’s why I prefer to travel alone, just to avoid someone makes me to go to the beach with him or her. When you travel, especially alone, you have plenty of time for... thinking… Having a crazy pace of a modern life we don’t have any time to be alone. We are in a rush, try to earn as much money as we can… And so what? What is your answer for the question: “Am I happy?”. And what happiness is? You may say like the great minds of history have been racking their brains to answer and I ask YOU about it. Moreover, I am gonna answer by myself and I think I am absolutely right. Happiness is feelings. Everyone has different range of feelings. But the potential for a possible expansion of the range is equal to all of us. Traveling gives me an inexpressible palette of emotions – isn’t it happiness? What knows about happiness someone who never sees the sunset by the ocean? You can say that the birth of a child is the main event in a human’s life and oceans can’t be compared to this small newborn thing. But I will not discuss about it. The range of happiness is big. We can’t encase it in having children, travels, money or in a soul mate. Someone who limits himself is unhappy and mournful. I think travels is one of the easiest ways to be happy. You can’t have a child on your 18 (I mean, you can, but probably it’s something you planned before), but you can make a short trip to Eastern Europe. Part 2 https://www.italki.com/entry/718328