Once you start you can’t stop. You get a taste of living abroad, and suddenly you crave to see the whole world. It’s like a wild fire that sparks from the single desire to go outside of your comfort zone and see something new. Living in the UK has been incredible, especially in the sense that the rest of Europe is just a short flight away.

Once you explore your host city and country, you gain a much larger appreciation for different people, cultures, and places. The places on my bucket list seem endless because the truth is I will never want to stop exploring. I don’t think I will ever feel content in terms of travel, because there is always something new to see, and someone new to meet in every place you go. While the world is undeniably huge, and the travel destinations are almost endless, once you start traveling, you see how easy it is to hop on a plane to another side of the world.

I believe the more you travel, and the more you fly, the easier it becomes to envision seeing new places. When you remain in one place too long, it seems like the rest of the world is forever away. It was not until I came to the UK, and started traveling around on weekends that I saw how amazingly easy it was to travel between different countries.

It still fascinates me that within a single day, you can go from one side of the world to another. I’ve never been the person who felt the need to travel everywhere. I always loved vacations and seeing new places, but I never felt such a strong sense of wanderlust until I came abroad and fell in love with my host city and the rest of Europe.

I don’t want to just see the large cosmopolitan cities, but the small towns of Spain or Italy, the countryside of Ireland, and the Scandinavian coastlines. There is so much beauty in the world, and getting the chance to study abroad has made me forever indebted to seeking out the beauty elsewhere.