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Lesson learned: Expect the Unexpected

T raveling is not e asy e specially  when you have to step out of your comfort zone.  A ll the inconvenience, desperation, and unexpected troubles that happened during the trip  are  lessons to reflect upon.  We  have proven how risky traveling is  w hen my husband and I went to Europe for our honeymoon last year. T here were  times  we  put  our selves in danger because  we  messed out  our  bookings  and things didn't work out as  we  planned them. Since the first day of our trip, we were used  to booking our next departure  ticket  ever y time  we arrived in a city. It was in contrast on what happen in Sweden. We didn’t know that we had to book the ticket from Copenhagen. Apparently, we thought that we are getting ahead, but we are not. We had  to call Denmark's office to book the ticket knowing that we had no where to print it. It was a blessing that the Sony Center allowed us to print the ticket.   When we arrived in our next destination, Germany to

Trip to Gallipoli Campaign : In honor of the Commemoration of ANZAC April 25 and Tribute for Mother's day.

DATED : October 24-25, 2012  Traveling is very good for self-growth says Ainslie, author of Instruction and growth cited by solo traveler author Janice Waugh. It's because we discover some aspects of ourselves we aren't aware of. This month of mother's day, growth was intensified with our traveling experiences in Canakkale Region of Turkey. I could never forget the love of a Muslim Turkish mother to us, who were foreigners of the land. Second, the journey, we embarked on reminds us for the mother's hope and misery. If only she could save her children from suffering and pain, she would be grateful to do that. There's something about seeing the place in Gallipoli Peninsula located in Turkish Thrace , feeling the presence of the soldiers fighting for their country, and being in their mothers' position hurting after their sons death. Gallipoli derives its name from the  Greek   "Καλλίπολις" ( Kallipolis ), meaning "Beautiful Cit