Closing Words

It's been a while now since I've arrived in Vienna. I'm still highly jetlagged and well... Being back feels awful right now. I want to turn back the time so much, but all I can do is cherish all the memories I've made.

How could I possibly sum up all the events of the last three weeks?
I've lost 2.5kg, despite all the burgers, pancakes and milkshakes! I'm really gonna miss all the physical exercise that came with riding a Harley, walking around in fascinating places and laughing 'til my abs are sore.

I've met so many wonderful people. Members of the tour, but also so many locals. I'm honoured to having met every single one of them. Some gave me another view on life, maybe even showed me the meaning of living. I'll be forever thankful for that.

I've seen lands that few ever will. The different landscapes, all the lakes, forests, deserts, rock formations, cities... They all will forever be engraved on my mind and I hope I'll be able to visit them again.

I've travelled the USA the best way possible - on the back of a Harley Davidson. Everyone I met said that this is the one true way of exploring the USA and they were right. Driving around in a car or camper doesn't let you feel the freedom, that special attitude towards life. You're exposed to wind, and sun, and rain, you're one with nature. That's a feeling a car just can't give you.

Now that I'm sitting here, writing these last few lines, thinking back on all the great things that happened, I'm sad. Sad that the journey is over, sad that I had to part from all the wonderful people of the American Dream Tour and sad that I'll probably won't ever see them again. (Let's be honest: of course you say, that you'll meet again. But in the end? We'll see.)

But I'm also excited. Excited for everything that's going to happen in the future and excited for my journeys to India, Iceland and New Zealand for a start.

I've changed as a person and I won't let work dictate my life anymore. I've spent enough time in my carpeted box - a necessity for fulfilling my dreams, that's true. But all to the detriment of my personal life. If I'm not looking after myself, who will?

This trip to the USA, for example, made me incredibly happy and is all that 29 year old me could ever have dreamed of.

I will continue going on adventures, that's a given. But for now, that's it. I can only end this diary with again saying how much I enjoyed the last three weeks and how much I'm gonna miss being a part of such an extraordinary experience.

Thanks to everyone involved in making this trip so incredibly special!

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We all make choices in life, but in the end our choices make us.