It has been a week since I left home in San Francisco to go on a three month long trip. The first stop was Latvia where my home is, that is where I grew up and where my parents are (it is still weird to call two places home).
It feels similar to previous times when I visited home in Latvia, except it is warmer now as I usually go home for Christmas instead of summer time. As usual, I’m mostly filling all my time with meeting up with my family and friends on and off the dance floor. One week is still not enough to meet all the people I want to meet. The good thing is I will be back for longer later! I feel incredibly grateful that it is possible to continue with friendships where we left off the previous time.
A lot of people ask me whether I’m traveling by myself. Yes I am, but that doesn’t mean that I’m alone. I’m around people [I know or about to meet] all the time, I’m not even counting strangers. In fact, only Wednesday, a week later, was the first time when I was by myself, and it lasted just 4 hours. I went to my favorite beach in Latvia (Baltā kāpa).
Me being a data geek.. 🙂 in the past week I have averaged meeting in person 2.1 people per day that I know and 2.7 new people that I had a substantial conversation.
Some more stats. 🙂 I have traveled:
- 6474 miles/ 10418.9 km by plane.
- 68.3 miles / 110 km by train
- 160+ miles / 258 km by car/bus (only counting trips longer than 10 km).
July 24, 2013 @ home in Latvia