The wind turns to north again

Today I was asked what I did, or what happened in my life in 2008.

I thought about it for a while and realized that everything started to change that year. I left Finland alone, without my family, for the first time ever and for three weeks I was in England, falling in love with traveling and seeing the world. Something changed profoundly. In 2008 I found out I will be leaving to the U.S.A. in a year. In 2008 I fell in love with the world and become a wanderer. In 2008 I was bitten by the travel bug. From 2008 there has been no turning back. I am on the go, moving, changing, traveling, flying.

I yearn to go. And once again, after staying almost two years in one place, I am fidgeting for excitement, I am leaving soon. I could count the days for many things. The trip to Lapland in a few weeks, the trip to Iceland in the summer, or The Trip of the year, to Singapore in the fall. I could be counting days to the moment when I leave from here to go temporarily somewhere else. But I'm counting stars. Because I know I am about to embark on a next phase in my life. Everything feels so unknown and very uncertain. But I love that feeling. It's the feeling of adventure.

Iceland to Singapore

Iceland and Singapore are pretty much like the night and day, hot and cold, black and white. I would be extremely lucky to be able to visit them both next summer. The trip to Singapore has been confirmed and the tickets have been bought. Now I'm hoping my plans for the summer become clear so I would know whether I am going to Iceland or not. I really wish I can make the trip, I would love it, being in such a rare, beautiful place like Iceland, just few weeks before flying off to Singapore.

I know I am a dreamer, but I hope this dream of mine would come true. From Iceland to Singapore. I think I could definitely call that exotic.

The two islands, completely different in so many aspects, yet something in common. Small, beautiful countries, surrounded by the sea.

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