It's the left Flangi- Meeting Strangers and New Experiences.

It's the left Flangi- Meeting Strangers and New Experiences.

Hey everybody! I hope you're having a wonderful day/night where ever it is you are. 

So a couple of weeks ago, I travelled internationally for the first time. Let me tell you, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my lifetime. I had this sense of independence and I just felt so free, it was surreal. I am definitely looking forward to doing that again. 

During my travels alone, as I was siting at a Starbucks in the transit airport, I saw so many different kinds of people pass by- different, races, colours, ethnicities. It was amazing. Some travelling with family other like me, were alone. Some were travelling for work, other leaving home, some going home, some just going on a holiday. It was a beautiful site to just see so many different kinds of people around me... 

The most wonderful part of the experience was being on the plane itself. Of course, before the flight took off, I had the initial fear of- am I going to be able to put my carry on the upper compartment thingy. You see I'm kinda short and my hand just reaches high enough for me to get the job done. Luckily, I didn't embarrass myself in front of so many strangers. 

The second thing, I was terrified of was siting next to some random old creep, or in general some very awkward person, on a long ass flight. Not that I'm not an awkward person, but I guess I'm a friendly awkward person. Now, I'm not one for talking the whole flight with a random stranger, but a decent hi-bello feels nice. A small interaction is all. Luckily that didn't happen to me and I sat next to a lovely guy, and we had a pretty decent conversation. 

So, there I was sat in my seat when a guy came and sat next to me, we exchanged hellos and that was that. So far so good. The plane was then delayed for an hour and we were stuck in the craft, which was pretty annoying. Me and the guy next to me had made light conversation, so I threw in the Friends reference to Flangi. If any of you know it, I like you. He got it though, so I was a happy camper! I guess that was when we hit it off. 

We weren't talking the whole flight, but the parts where we did talk, the chat wasn't daft. I liked it that way. Sometimes you just click with people. I guess that was the case here. We just clicked for the bits we decided to talk on the flight. It was a pretty amazing experience. 

I'm a fairly shy person, at least if I don't know the people around me well enough. If I do know you, then hell no, I ain't even close to being shy. That aside, for the first time in forever, I was being me, with this complete stranger. It felt good. I was talking about things, personal to me. Things that actually mattered. The beauty of it was, that I would probably never see him again. I guess that made it easier for me, to be me to an extent. All in all, it was an experience I won't forget. Its been longer than a month, and it just keeps popping into my head. I can't help but think of things to say, if I bump into him. I live in a small city, we could meet, I doubt it though. 

I feel like, this little experience of mine, travelling alone was a glimpse into life beyond home. An independent life, where I can get to meet a range of people, explore. I can't wait for them days to come, but as of now, I better come back to the present and get ready for another day of school. 

Please comment below about any of your experiences on flight- good bad and ugly, I'd love to read it all. 

xx

Just another girl.