With the Right Destination, Solo Travel Is an Adventure
Solo Travel and Touring on Your Own
Traveling alone. As a reader, you might think, what a dry topic. Unless, of course, you're looking for information about "traveling alone." And there's a lot of it, and when I think about solo travel, a few ideas come to mind.
Traveling Alone by Train
A vacation is a vacation. And whether you set out and get back home by car, bus, train or plane, well, that goes without saying. But what's it like when you're sitting on the train traveling alone? Well, when there are two of you, you chat and the time flies, but when you sit alone on the train, you take in the impressions streaming in through the window. When you travel alone, you can read a book and even write one yourself. Many journalists and authors say they write best on the train. Great when the compartment is quiet. Not so great when something is shaking. As an author traveling alone, I was once paid the loveliest compliment about reading books on the train. I love trains and books, and one of my readers told me that for the first time he wasn't bored on a train ride after reading my book on the journey. I found that the loveliest compliment for a solo traveler on the train like me, who writes books there, and for a reader on a solo trip who wasn't bored. So traveling alone isn't about entertainment through conversation, but about going inward and becoming aware.
Traveling Alone Means Seeing More
Hiking tours let you take in more of your surroundings, because there's nobody around you to chatter with constantly, and that's part of traveling alone. That way you find perspectives you can capture in pictures, and you can enjoy lovely walks and hikes. Traveling alone offers wonderful impressions and perspectives for that. That's what traveling alone is.
Trip Booked, But No Travel Partner? Go Solo
Traveling Alone by Train
A vacation is a vacation. And whether you set out and get back home by car, bus, train or plane, well, that goes without saying. But what's it like when you're sitting on the train traveling alone? Well, when there are two of you, you chat and the time flies, but when you sit alone on the train, you take in the impressions streaming in through the window. When you travel alone, you can read a book and even write one yourself. Many journalists and authors say they write best on the train. Great when the compartment is quiet. Not so great when something is shaking. As an author traveling alone, I was once paid the loveliest compliment about reading books on the train. I love trains and books, and one of my readers told me that for the first time he wasn't bored on a train ride after reading my book on the journey. I found that the loveliest compliment for a solo traveler on the train like me, who writes books there, and for a reader on a solo trip who wasn't bored. So traveling alone isn't about entertainment through conversation, but about going inward and becoming aware.
Traveling Alone Means Seeing More
Hiking tours let you take in more of your surroundings, because there's nobody around you to chatter with constantly, and that's part of traveling alone. That way you find perspectives you can capture in pictures, and you can enjoy lovely walks and hikes. Traveling alone offers wonderful impressions and perspectives for that. That's what traveling alone is.Nobody stressing you out, a leisurely breakfast. Letting the day unfold and not rushing on your hike. THAT is what makes traveling alone special. Traveling alone can make you completely happy, because you get plenty of time to think, and you can see it as a kind of pilgrimage. That's why I recommend it. Not necessarily for two weeks or just a weekend. But for a week, once.