I don’t really plan before I travel somewhere. Perhaps it is because I am one of the cheapest traveler of all time. I generally prefer Summer because in the worse case Scenario, I could sleep on the Street corner, Park or I don't sleep at all. My Backpack doesn't really take whole bunch of time to get packed perhaps because I have nothing apart from clothes and other general cleansing stuffs. I have basically been asocial my entire life. I never really had very good friends at school. They talked to me either because they were bored or they had nothing better to do. I still try to socialize myself with other people around me but it gets boring after sometime, perhaps because they find out I am not being myself or I am pretending to be someone I am not, which is understandable because I can be a very bad actor. I try to be good but it doesn’t always work the way you plan. When I was a kid , I was not allowed to play with other kids in the neighborhood. My mother was bit too cautious that they were going to spoil me. But I don't regret it because of that, I have learned to live alone and plan things alone. Apart from that I don't have to wait for someone to travel with me because it doesn't really matter nevertheless. I sometimes feel really lonely and look for a silent place somewhere under the horizon and above the earth where I can just sit and look at the nature until I get back to myself. Travel for me is defined as the another perfect source to make me believe that I am breathing and amongst other billions of breathing souls around me, which does make me feel comfortable.
Ryan Air has actually twisted the definition of Air travel in Europe offering the Plane tickets at the fair of 0€ & you can get sometimes ticket for 50€,both ways, anywhere around the Europe, which made poor students like me, possible to travel as well. Summer of 2010 Friday, I woke up and checked the internet and alas ! There it was! plane ticket to Venice for 55€ , same day and after 3 Hours after my Check time. I quickly booked a seat. I have no idea, what came up in my mind. Weather was beautiful outside, clear sky, faint of cloud, warm wind from east blowing directly into my room. I just grabbed my backpack and filled it quickly with the stuffs I needed, basically clothes and other general items, quickly put on old pair of jeans and t shirt. There I was traveling to Venice with zero idea. I rushed to Airport , checked in and there I was flying. Just about 3 hrs ago I was in my room and there I was in the sky in between those clouds. I had return flight next day same time in the morning.
I finally arrived in the Italian Soil. I had seen Venice in the National Geographic Channel's Travel and Living. I was really inspired and wanted to see it right before my eyes for a long time. Historical City of Venice is Pretty small and I think 24 hrs is more than enough to roam around and see the important sites. Its amazing that Italians managed to build up their City just above the water. I wanted to ride Boat above the water of Grand Canal for ever ! Amazingly there I was sharing boat with other three Americans from Kentucky next to me and we were all on our way towards St. Marks Square. St. Marks Sq. is the heart of Venice with lots of Churches and other historical stuffs, where you can basically take photos whole day long. I was hungry and the city was moreover freaking expensive and no way I was going to spend more Euros than my Plane ticket for a Pizza in a Restaurant. Finally I found Mc Donalds, which was like finding a Gold Chest in the heart of Desert. I ate like someone who hadn’t seen food for days. Then I sat in the Square below some fountain, enjoying the sun looking around at the place and trying to save the smell of the place inside me to remember it for a long time. Walking through Basilica(Perhaps there was something important inside that church because there was a huge number of people outside trying to get in). I did not really care because I was not into churches. I basically love the art people make their houses rather than church which I can see everywhere. I walked right next through Basilica via Porta della Carta . I could enjoy the magnificent views of the island of San Giorgio Maggiore ( I don’t know if I pronounced that correctly). It was awesomely pleasant sight. I then came to Bridge of Sighs . On my background I could hear pleasant music of Street Orchestra. I walked then about an hour to Rialto Bridge where one could see splendid view of Grand Canal. It was getting dark and I had no place to stay and I did not really want to sleep because next morning I had flight back and I could sleep whole way through or after I reach home. I did decide though to have an Italian Pasta in a cheap restaurant I could find as a dinner which tasted normal. I got back to the square and looked around the city in the night. I can't explain how beautiful it was . No words can possibly explain the sight. I enjoyed the night life as much in Prague when I was with Manindra back in 2008 . It was an amazing experience as well. Last I could remember was waking up suddenly in the square ,the next morning. I rushed back to the Airport and grabbed my flight back..
