On the road again
On the road again
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09.06.2023 I lied!

Veröffentlicht: 09.06.2023


I did not go to the next camp, I left Iceland to surprise my step grandmother for her birthday and also met up with my family in the netherlands.


I had a great time in Iceland but another camp with the same program would have been a bit much.


This also means the end of my journey through the northern lands. It was a very different experience from my previous volunteering. I am sad to go but also happy to return home.


Though I never felt that far away from home this time, probably because all the countries also were a lot closer to switzerland than africa or australia.


And the timezones were mostly consistent.


So I never really got the feeling that I was travelling for a long time even though it has been over 3 months.


I know that on my last journey I did a lot of growing up while this time I feel like I mostly stayed the same. 


Though I did start the journey weighing 83.5kg and now I am 75kg which shocked me quite a bit. 


Also I am going to eat a lot less meat from now on, I really didn't miss meat as much as I thought during the vegetarian camps.


And I feel kind of bad for eating meat every single day before this, since it really isn't the healthiest or most environmental friendly thing to do.


I definitly regret not planning a few days break between the different projects this time. Especially after sweden when I was sick for quite a while. 


This journey was a lot colder and more rainy than the last one. But the only thing that annoyed me about it, was how many big clothes I had to bring along.


Other than that I really don't mind the cold.


My favorite time was when I visited my friends in london and the kidz club project in Ireland. Even though it took a lot of documents and organization to go there I will probably do a project like that one again.


I will use the next few weeks to arrive back home, catch up with my loving parents whom I missed a lot, then relax, start looking for my own place to live, return to work, maybe get a new job and most definitly play some games with my friends again. It's one of the things I missed the most.


I've met many great people the last few months, many of which I wished I could have shared more time with. 


My next volunteering journey will probably take a few years but I will definitly do it again. I'm thinking maybe in the direction of japan/china depending on what projects they have to offer.


Thank you everybody who followed my journey until now. I always enjoyed reading through the comments and sometimes my blog even managed to reach the top 10 blogs on vakantio!


Which is kind of an achievment, I guess.


Have a great day and until I travel again.


Goodbye ♥️


Antworten (2)

willeke
Goedemorgen Nick, wat heb je mooi geschreven over je reis, was toch een hele belevenis. En wat een ongelofelijke verassing toen je gisteren ineens voor mijn neus stond, was heel gezellig. En als ik naar Zwitserland kom heb ik nog heel veel vragen over de landen waar je bent geweest. Dikke Knuffel Oma xxx

J
Hey Nick Welcome back in Switzerland. Bedankt voor het delen van je belevenissen! Ik heb ervan genoten! Zonnige groetjes, José