After two long years

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I'm going back to this blog after almost two years. It's time to wake up something new inside me, and I want to wake up a writer inside me as well. My last trip in 2019 was a trip to Amsterdam with a friend. I didn't have time/or remember to write about it on my blog. It was a four-day trip to Amsterdam, exploring the sights and of course, also celebrating.

That time feels like a fairy tale now. From the beginning of 2020, a nightmare began, which is still going on. This is Covid-19, a global pandemic that affects every one of us on this planet. The whole world went haywire about the consequences of the pandemic, health care is still overstretched, companies have gone bankrupt etc. And all this is still present in our daily lives when we start 2022. Of course, the vaccine has been invented, but new virus conversions are jeopardizing your effectiveness, too.

A lot happened to me personally, especially during 2021. The biggest changes were related to the fact that I turned 30 and I started a new job. Traveling has been a distant dream over the past year. I managed to make my first trip in over two years at the beginning of December 2021. I went on a short mini holiday to Latvia with my sister.

Traveling has changed a lot. It seems that traveling is still overshadowed by the tenseness and even a little timidity has come to me towards it. Sounds crazy compared to what kind of adventurer I used to be, so super brave. Now I feel like a completely different woman. Among other things, I returned today to read my old blogs and look at pictures of my previous adventures around the world and I couldn't believe my eyes. Where has that fearless, gorgeous and kind-hearted young woman gone (yes, I'm still young, at least in my mind)?

I felt really bad, I felt anxiety and cried. I don't know what a miraculous hole I've sunk into in the last couple of years, but I can only blame the Covid-19 situation for this. The second is age and the change of mindset. Of course, other people have been treated even worse by the Covid-19 and I do not want to complain about unnecessary. So, I don't want to complain about the fact that I must cancel the Pacific Ocean tour I'm planning, but that dream is still alive.

However, I decided to re-open this blog and start over. Riga's journey was a good opening for what's ahead. Vaccinations taken and passport waiting in the top drawer of the dresser. I will set myself the goal of visiting at least three different countries, if not more, during 2022. Let's see how I succeed in my challenge, but I won't give up. Of course, I try to write other things here that come to mind, but I am more like moving forward with the theme of traveling.

Have a wonderful New Year and stay safe <3

 

(source:https://traveltriangle.com/blog/new-year-in-hong-kong/)

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