Justyna Dorsz

Travel

Tenerife

I’ve left Poland just as I had planned.

Those last few weeks before me leaving were crazy. I had to move all my things from the apartment that I was renting and somehow I had accumulated a lot of stuff. I tried to meet and say goodbye to most of my friends. I had trainings and dentist appointments too and some legal stuff to take care of. Overall, I was rarely home and didn’t get any work done. I didn’t have any time to plan my travels, so I only booked a plane ticket a day before leaving. And I booked the place to stay in Tenerife a few hours before going to the airport.

I packed only a small suitcase of clothes and a backpack with a laptop, sketchbooks, and my graphic tablets. I’ve been here, in Tenerife, for over two weeks now and I don’t miss any of my things I had in my apartment in Poland. Makes me wonder why did I even have that much stuff.

Tenerife is beautiful and even in February it’s very warm here. Every day, I go for a walk along the coast. I will stay here for a few weeks and then move on.

I’ve been thinking…

I’ve lived here, in Poland, my whole life. But now, that I think about it, what would be a good reason to live in one place for such a long time? Poland is not that great, really. Or rather, there are many things wrong with Poland and it often starts with the Catholic Church, who has a powerful influence on laws that are passed. But this is not really the post about that. Even if Poland was an amazing and fair country — would that be a reason enough to live here all my life when there are so many possibilities?

For the past two weeks, I’ve been thinking about leaving Poland. I, of course, have not really thought it through yet. But I think I will spend Christmas here, with my family, and then I might leave in January. I don’t know where would I travel to yet. And there are so many things I need to do here before I can leave. And I obviously don’t have enough money for all that, but I will figure it out.