“Travel teaches more than anything.Sometimes one day spent in other places gives more than ten years of living at home. ”
Anatole France

Hello everyone, my name is Kate, I am from Russia and I am a traveler with a lot of experience.

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I love to travel and always prepare for the trip in advance and with great responsibility, but this time something obviously went wrong. My neighbor and I had 5 days off and we decided to take a break somewhere, found cheap tickets, booked an apartment and waited for the appointed day. I always have my travel plan and major attractions in advance, write a to-do list on vacation, etc., but this time we decided to conduct an experiment and did not plan anything, even took the tickets a week, a few hours before leaving the house, I packed a backpack and we go.

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We had to leave at night in order to catch the morning flight from Helsinki, to sleep on the bus is terrible! But we stood firmly and were already at 4 am at the airport, we had to fly with a transfer in London (yes, we are not looking for easy ways). All the shops were closed and we were forced to sleep at the airport (Then the first flight, transfer in London for 1 hour, but our flight was delayed a bit and we barely had time for another plane. Another 2 hours of waiting and – Aliluya! – we are in Barcelona! But no , this is not the final point of our trip, we had a 2-hour transfer to Salou! As a result, in the evening we got to our apartment. On the first evening we prepared a terrific dinner and went for a walk along the beach, spent the sunset there;) Sea, beach, cold, romance…:)

We had to leave at night in order to catch the morning flight from Helsinki, to sleep on the bus is terrible! But we stood firmly and were already at 4 am at the airport, we had to fly with a transfer in London (yes, we are not looking for easy ways). All the shops were closed and we were forced to sleep at the airport (Then the first flight, transfer in London for 1 hour, but our flight was delayed a bit and we barely had time for another plane. Another 2 hours of waiting and – Aliluya! – we are in Barcelona! But no , this is not the final point of our trip, we had a 2-hour transfer to Salou! As a result, in the evening we got to our apartment. At the first evening we prepared a wonderful dinner and went for a walk along the beach, spent the sunset there;) Sea, beach, cold, romance…:)

Day 1 We got up early and set off … To the port of Aventura! Why not? Do not lie on the beach! We rode almost on all the slides, at least on all the most terrible, screamed so that we could not speak for a few more days. And I finally fulfilled my childhood dream – I rode on the merry-go-round with horses, but I am almost 21 years old, but it’s never too late to fulfill my dreams;) We spent there all day from the very opening until closing, we were terribly tired, but we were very pleased .

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Day 2 Unfortunately, it began to rain in the morning and we decided to go to the neighboring town – Tarragona – our initial goal was to walk, but the rain did not leave us a chance and we had to go to the mall, I can not say that we were not happy , but we left a lot of money there … and at some point we felt a little sad.

Day 3 All the previous days, my neighbor was whining that she wanted to go to the beach, sunbathe and swim … +18 in the street, well, go swimming, so go swimming;) we spent the whole day on the beach and for good luck Lisa burned down. She is happy, cannot lie, but sunbathed. I managed to burn my face and still go red like a tomato. Not bad. But we even swam, the water is ice-cold, but we were not the only ones, besides, Lisa said that we should take everything from this rest, therefore we were pretty high. We went for a walk in the evening, but such a terrible wind rose in the city, that we were almost blown away, came to the beach, and there was not a beach, but sand dunes. And I finally ate strawberries, which I had long dreamed of.

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Day 4 We got up early and went to Barcelona itself. We walked around the city, took photos with the main sights, bought souvenirs and everything like that. We went to a cafe, had a nice dinner and spent time. There are a lot of people everywhere, they walked around 8 o’clock, they were terribly tired, came home at night and already had to collect backpacks, because at 3 nights we had to move out.

Is it worth planning your trip or is it better to do everything spontaneously? I believe that every vacation has its own charm. We had a very busy 4 days, we took a maximum of them, although we did not plan anything in advance and were oriented on the spot.
Spontaneous travel has a huge advantage — flexibility. You can change the direction at any time. You do not depend on tickets and schedules. If you liked in one place, you can stay there as much as you want. And vice versa, if something is not to your liking, change the place and enjoy your freedom. You do not adjust to certain dates, and just travel, delving into what is happening around. You can stay in one place and get to know people better. You join the life, you learn more terrain. You do not run for sights or photos. Do not rush to inspect as much as possible at a time. It will not be a cursory superficial journey “for show”. In an improvised journey you are difficult to upset, because nothing can knock you out of a rut. You have no hurry and you are ready for unplanned changes.

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The downside of such an adventure may be that you do not hook sales tickets. Or housing with a big discount. But for such people there are different “hot tickets”, when you can go on a small trip cheaper than a pre-purchased ticket. By not buying a ticket to one place, you can go on an even more exciting journey. To know even more, to experience others and even stronger impressions. In a journey, the final goal is not so important as the process itself.
Someone may have fears after making an impulsive decision. But here it is better to quickly get rid of such thoughts and just enjoy. In a spontaneous journey, you have time to rest. The time you can spend with yourself. After all, travel is not only the knowledge of the world, but also the discovery of oneself. You discover something new inside your soul and heart.