Travel Day 001 – Boston, USA
Today felt easily like the worst day of my life. It was not only the last day of life as usual, but also the very first day of my new life since I was already living with my backpack…
My Backpack in my empty Apartment
Yesterday I had put everything that I owned into storage and so everything that was left in my apartment had to go either into my backpack and travel with me around the world, or find a new home in the trash bin. Actually even on this very last day at home, I was still struggling to make a final decision on what exactly to take with me. In the end I spent the whole day and even the whole night packing, unpacking and organizing things. By the time morning came around, I hadn’t slept at all and of course I had stuffed everything that was left in question into my backpack…
It almost felt like a joke that the initial intent had been to travel around the world with a 50 liter backpack. After a lot of test packing it became quite obvious that this size of backpack was not going to be a suitable fit for all the things that seemed necessary on my trip. In the end I switched to an 80 liter backpack and now on my last day, I found myself completely filling up this monster of a backpack…
So there I was, sitting awfully tired in my empty apartment, reminiscing about my past life and second guessing all my recent decisions. I had never been a backpacker in my life before and this heavy pack would surely make my travel days as difficult as they could possibly be. What the hell was I thinking when I decided to just pack a backpack and do a Round the World Trip?
What choice did I have at this point? My lease was terminated, I had resigned from my job, all my belongings were in storage and all my plane tickets were arranged. Completely overwhelmed by excitement and anxiety, only one thing seemed for sure on this very first day with my backpack: We would both be leaving on a plane together in a couple of hours…
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