'Worry and panic should not stop you from enjoying your travels!

''Fill your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you would die in ten seconds. Explore the world. It is more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” – Ray Bradbury

When you travel for the first time without your parents, alone or with a friend, it's always scary, because you're embarking on a journey that's unknown to you, scary, the very thought of it can be difficult... It's understandable that you're afraid.

Today we will write down the experience of how our friends were scared on the drive to their first trip together. They chose Pula (Croatia) for their vacation, so they had a three-to-four-hour drive to get there, they drove alone together with one car.

Before leaving, we asked them if they were afraid, but they said they weren't, that they had studied everything and that it was enough for them to be able to handle it. Until departure, they insisted that they had everything under control, but it is understandable that when the day of departure comes, it can be a completely different story.

When they started their journey, there was a panic, at the first stop they called us via "FaceTime" and then we all breathed together and talked. They told us that they were worried about how they would find their way to the accommodation, how they would get to the beach, so that they would not get lost on the way there or later in the very centre of Pula, as it is a popular destination for tourists, as it is entitled the Croatian Rome, etc. But surely the biggest problem was the night life and whether they would feel safe there.

We told them to keep breathing, calm down and realize that fear is completely normal, that we had the same fear of the first trip and that despite many trips we still face it, but that should not prevent us from enjoying travel and all the experiences associated with it, it must not be the same for them.

You're probably wondering how they could be scared, but it's the first time they've ventured that far by car, which is definitely a big deal if you want to overcome your fear of driving a long way.

We feel that all they needed was a sentence that they are not alone in the situation and that they should just breathe and let go of the worry and just focusing on the ride and the fact that they are going on a trip, that they will solve any problems that may arise and that they have each other on this trip.

''What gives value to travel is fear. The fact is that at a certain moment when we are so far from our own country.. We are seized by a vague fear, and an instinctive desire to return to the protection of old habits.. Therefore, we should not say that we travel for pleasure.. A journey that they are like a larger and more difficult science, they bring us back to ourselves. – Albert Camus

Till next time. :)