Camping brought me something special

I'm entering my second week travelling through 7 countries in Eastern Europe in my Pajero.

I'm currently in Budapest, marvelling at the splendour of bold European architecture.

But for the prior three nights, I've been living in the woods, far from civilisation.

I am learning about the double-sided beauty of camping. On one side, you have the joy of leaving a city and enjoying being immersed in pure nature.

This charges me up.

And on the other, you enjoy the return to the 'civilised' world, a hot shower, and a note-taking-people-watching session on a table outside a cafe.

Again, charging.

When I have the opportunity to alternate my days like this, I enjoy the continual positives of both contrasts.

And to make it better, you can have the best of both worlds in either setting, thanks to one's ability to take certain items, like a laptop tethered to your phone's Internet data to more remote places.

So I was able to make progress on my emails and my novel as the rain tapped above me while I lay in my rooftop tent.

Where I'm going with this, I'm not sure, to be honest.

Just that camping can be underestimated, and I'm so glad I found it as a thread to weave through my life story when I did.

Usually, I have a good reason to bridge my story into a cheeky promotion of one of my books and courses.

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Much love,

Alex