Solo Travel: Prague

I finally did the solo travel to Central Europe like the one I had imagined since I watched Before Sunrise back in High School.

I did several solo travels, but never this far or never this alone since I'd always meet up with someone in my destination.
Tbh I was kinda nervous and due to the tight schedule and else, I was kinda questioning my decisions to do it altogether especially because I was not ready to be alone for so long, because what if I got lonely? Hehe

But I am glad I did it anyway. Hands down, one of the best decisions this year.
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I started my trip from Prague, I spent two nights and a full day there.
It was a beautiful, beautiful city. I got out of the Muzeum metro station and immediately saw the Prague National Museum, I mean.. hello?! Flabbergasted!

I arrived at around 9PM and of course, I got lost and could not find my hostel.

Part of me was holding myself from cursing because I was so tired but well I guess it is a kind of a given thing to be lost and depend on yourself a lot during solo travels.

In the next day, I woke up early to have a nice morning stroll in the city.
Prague did not disappoint though, every corner of the city is beautiful and I somehow felt warm and fuzzy.

I never in my life made a well organized itinerary when I travel, so I just did what I always do: wing it.
I googled some landmarks and just walk around town by myself.
I love the Charles Bridge! I love how tranquil it was for me to look at the water and just be with my thoughts.
I love how people around me seem to be excited to take pictures of themselves, the bridge, or themselves with the bridge.

I spent more than an hour standing by the bridge, looking at the calm water.
I could not help but romanticize the city by listening to Glenn Fredly's Sabda Rindu the original soundtrack of Surat Dari Praha (I love the movie, I love the soundtrack), it was just perfect.

Then I started to think about stuffs that I always tried to push away from my mind.
See, that's what I was afraid of about going alone. Now I have to deal with all thoughts, some of them are scary and I felt like now I have to deal with them. So I walked some more.

I went to the Prague castle, which was also beautiful.

The sky was clear and the weather was so good, it's like one of those dreamy European vacations that I could only dream of when I was younger.
I brought a journal in my backpack so that I can put down whatever thoughts I have in my mind.

Everything looks picture perfect.
The blooming flowers, the blue sky, humming birds, the cool spring breeze over my face, and the shining sun.

I put it down on my journal. Of how I love that day, how I feel like I can do anything I want, how I miss home but I am kinda grateful at the same time, and blablabla things that I put as if I was reassuring myself that things are okay.

From being lost, being too exhausted but still getting on the wrong public transportation,
also from being friendly to strangers (although I am usually not like that) just so that I can get by, to planning things and ended up doing another, to meeting people I've never seen before, and ultimately be at peace with my self by dealing with things I had been avoiding back home.

I realized that a lot of times, travelling is not the answer to your problems hahaha.
You are what you do about yourself no matter where you are (unless you live in a physically/mentally dangerous place).
I can go to one of the most beautiful bridges in the world but if I am stressed out, I'd be out there overthinking nonetheless (but no it was not that deep though).

I kinda think now that going on a solo travel is about learning how to be comfortable with your own company, with your own thoughts, and be confident enough to know that you can rely on yourself.

All the emotions, the bad and the goods, they'd just come at you since well.. you have nobody to talk about but yourself (unless you want to mingle with stranger, which is by the way feels awesome too).

But that is for another story.