You’ve had a couple of glasses of wine. Inspiration kicks in. You book tickets to Málaga, Spain, for the following week. That’s how I ended up solo traveling in Málaga… and I’ve never made a better drunk decision!
A couple of months later, I found myself on a 3-week solo trip through Scandinavia, not knowing I was about to find the most unexpected thing there: MY DEATH.
“Death was just the beginning of a journey that everyone took at some point.” — Melissa de la Cruz
I got an Interrail pass for 10 travel days spread across 3 weeks, and started my journey as follows:
Amsterdam, Netherlands — Hamburg, Germany — Copenhagen, Denmark Gothenburg, Sweden — Oslo, Norway — Bergen, Norway — Flåm, Norway — Stockholm, Sweden — Copenhagen & Hamburg (again) — Prague, Czech Republic — Sofia, Bulgaria — Amsterdam, Netherlands.
It’s so impressive how much a person can change in 23 days. How a person’s ego can “die” in 23 days… Here’s an outline of the “ego death” process that my solo traveling unleashed unapologetically:
- Day 1: EXCITEMENT
- Days 2–4: ANXIETY
- Days 5–6: FREEDOM
- Days 7–9: EGO DEATH
- Days 10–11: MOURNING MYSELF
- Days 12–13: REBIRTH