My father had to take his cousin to the airport and I begged to him to take me with them. It was very long time ago, so my memories are a bit fuzzy. I just remember my dad's cousin waving his hand while he left and I was holding my dad's hand and waving back. But what really impressed me was looking at an enormous plane taking off. That view got me shocked!
My next memory about planes comes with my little sister... I remember we used to play in a park in front of my house and we used to wave our hands to every plane we saw in the air, like the passengers could see us and wave us back. That's a very sweet memory :)
But my curiousity about other places started with a very simple thing: A chewing gum.
When I was a kid my mom used to buy a bag of chewing gums for me and my sister, they were very very yummy, but they had something interesting inside: a sticker! That sticker had a flag on his front and a story and data about a country; data like population, capital city, extension, weather, main products, etc.... That made me curious!
But who would have told me that I could leave my birthplace someday? I was born in a poor country and my family was not rich at all!
Everything started again when I turned 16, the day after my birthday I moved to Spain and my whole world changed! I met new people, from many places, new traditions, new lifestyles... A new world! :D
And that was the beginning of my trip, a trip which has taken me to many countries, to meet people from all the continents, to make friends who have showed me how beautiful life is, how big the world is and how much I love to take my backpack and fly away :)
This is the first post on this blog, I'll keep telling my travel stories, and why not? Also more people's stories! Hope you will like them :)
By: Otto
