I LOVED travelling alone right after graduating college. I don't know if I would have gone if my best friend at the time hadn't invited me to go along with her. But after flying to London with her and then traveling to Ireland, we soon did a trial separation and then a more permanent one and I was on my own and loving it! I got to go where I wanted when I wanted to go and do what I wanted to do. It was the Ultimate Freedom! I will never regret that trip and if I didn't go, I'm sure I would always regret it. I traveled from Ireland to France and then up through Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Then down through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Italy, and Greece including the Greek Islands. My friend and I hitchhiked all over Ireland and I continued to do so on my own after we separated. Our plan was to start our 2 month Eurail Pass when we got to France so that's what I did and that took me to all of the above places, including boats from Sweden to Finland and ferries to all the Greek Islands I went to. I stayed in youth hostels everywhere I went and my "Let's Go Europe" book was my Bible. Once my Eurail pass expired, I started hitchhiking again and loved it as it enabled me to meet so many locals and get a real feel of the places I visited. I knew that would probably be the only opportunity in my life to take that kind of trip and I was right. I was gone for 6 1/2 months and when I got back I got married and had my first child soon after that trip and now I am raising 4 kids but I am starting to fantasize about doing it again when my youngest graduates from high school and is off to college. Then I will just stay in elder hostels instead of youth hostels. :)

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