Since I was a child I wanted to see the world. I think one reason is because we hadn't the possibility to go somewhere when I was younger and I heard so much of other People and their great holidays. Maybe I was also influenced by TV. I can't really tell but I had such a big desire to see something new.

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After years of school and starting to work I wanted this dream to become true. So I decided around 2012 to make an Europe-trip.

I thought about the countries I wanted to go and started to make some plans. At the beginning I was thinking about a roadtrip.

Then I searched for a travel-partner because I didn't know anybody who wanted to go with me or had the possibility. First it worked out! But after some meetings 2 different kind of people had to cancel it. So I was alone again but I wanted to do that trip, so I didn't care if I have to travel alone!

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At the end I found a travel-partner to Iceland. We hadn't any chance to meet before the trip. We just had some phone calls and wrote mails. The first time we met were at the airport.

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What brings me to the point, that I canceled my plan to drive by car because that would take way too much time. And I didn't want to lose too much time just because of driving. So I was thinking just to use public transportation. Because of that decision I thought: 'I will take planes and so on, so actually I don't have to stay on the Mainland, I can go whereever I wanna go'. So I decided to go to Iceland first, even it was wintertime. The main rason  for that was to see the northern lights!

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Juliane (my travelpartner) and me arrived at the Airport of Reykjavik on 18th March 2014.

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So in the end I decided to make something like a backpacking tour and I wasn't sure if I would make and manage it on my own. I told myself that I am not far away from my homecountry. So if that backpacking-tour shouldn't be my thing, I always can go back home!

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But all in all I enjoyed myself  and I enjoyed the whole trip. Of ourse it was hard sometimes but nothing that wasn't able to handle. 

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I am really glad that I made this trip and I am really happy for the people I met. I don't wanna miss all of this experiences. I would always do it again. The nearly 3 months were one of the best times in my life. And I always look back to the stories with pleasure. :)

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How was I able to do such a trip?

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One point to do such a trip is of course the money....

After school I did a training (in german "Ausbildung") where I made some money and could save a part. It wasn't thaaat much but a beginning.

I still lived at my mothers. I paid something like a rent but I still could save money because it wasn't as expensive like an own appartement.

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During the time of my Europe-Trip I had  a permanent employment. I talked with my teamleader and my team and they all really loved the idea and supported me. Greetings to my earlier team :)

They were ok that I wanted to have 3 monthes off. That was so nice and after years I am still thankful for that! They even gave me a parting gift. So I took my holidays and also some unpaid holidays for this time.

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