The smell of coffee you always made in the morning, or the soft sofa you liked to sit in, the most basic things can bring a strong feeling of miss when you travel.

No strings attached

I'm 24 years old and honestly I had a pretty damn good life in Denmark. So why did I quit my job? Left my apartment and even let go of the opportunity to be together with in my eyes was the perfect woman in trade of a pitch black future?

It might sound bad but that's what it was for me, a unknown future, I did not have the slightest clue how anything would turn out. There's was no past experience or routine I could use to predict what would happen.

Why did I cut every string that would pull me back to the country i grew up in?

Too keep the balance

I like to be honest in my blogging and show that travelling - in my case travel by bike is not a dance on roses. I want to show the whole picture and not just the greatest moments.

Recently I have missed home, a lot. I think it came from almost being done with my original goal that was Greece and I have considered skipping the farm job, just to have a couple of months back home. Of course I had reasons for it such as saving up a little more money, getting some new equipment and then start again when the winter period is over.

But would it really be worth it to make a break in my travel? I don't think there's a right or wrong answer here, but for me I a short phone call with my older sister made me decide to stay in the farm, at least give it a shot before I decided anything else.

I think anyone who have traveled for a extended amount of time have these moments, where missing home just gets too strong that you start making excuses for why you should go home.

But is it wrong to want to go home? Honestly I don't think so, I think travelling can be just as freedom preventing as staying in one place. It's not about how far or often you move, but have the freedom to decide what you want - even if that includes going home.

A dance on roses

Have no doubt, travel by bike is the best decision I have made for myself, there's a certain liberating feeling to it. I have seen and changed more than I might actually realize. Even smaller things such as blogging is something I would never see myself doing before, and it goes without saying the decision to cycle beyond Greece even more crazy.

But I miss home from time to time and I probably always will until I one day settle down in Denmark again. But just like when something on my bike breaks or the heat and the mountains makes life difficult for me, I embrace it.

I don't mind missing home, it actually makes me happy to think about one day I will decide to go back, enjoying life in another way again.

True freedom comes from being able to decide what you want and not what you think you should be doing. I have decided to continue because that's what I think I truly want, but who knows when the opposite will happen?

Maybe I will take a little short visit to Denmark again, maybe I will stay in Greece on the farm, both decisions is tempting.

Hope you guys enjoyed this short share of some thoughts going through my head lately. I enjoy sharing everything going on in my travel, even the things that might not make me look like a superhero. No matter the decision I make, it will still end up with me cycling again, that's for sure.

-Holm