here<\/a>.<\/p>\nI had an idea of the places I wanted to visit but no set plans, like most of my travels have been and continue to be.<\/p>\n
I had 3 months to travel around Europe, I had a flight booked into London and out of Italy.<\/p>\n
It\u00a0takes me a few days to find my\u00a0travel feet as a solo traveller. Finding a place to stay at the last minute, learning new public transport and just the gist of being out of my\u00a0comfort zone.<\/p>\n
By about the third day I found myself alone in a pub down the road from my backpackers. I was waiting for a meal I had ordered to arrive as I was writing away in my travel journal. There was a friendly Londoner and local of the pub throwing a few friendly comments at me, I politely smiled and answered his questions but quickly got back to my journal. At this point I was wondering how the hell I was going to get the ball rolling with this project. After I’d finished my meal and the small talk with the friendly chap had finished, I left the pub and the man said to me “Don’t be a\u00a0stranger, we’re always sitting in the same place same time.”<\/p>\n
After a night of kicking myself that I didn’t just get the ball rolling and\u00a0introducing myself properly and the project I’m working on to the locals at the bar, I convinced myself to go back the next day, same place, same time. Of course there they were! Friendly, welcoming and I finally introduced\u00a0myself properly, got onto the topic of my\u00a0photography\u00a0and I had two gentlemen onboard for a photo and interview.<\/p>\n
A path started to form for me, one of the men\u00a0asked where I was off to next, I mentioned Edinburgh\u00a0and he put me onto a contact there. So through London, Scotland and Ireland my journey of finding people came from a referrals basis and a hunt to track them down. In about 3 weeks I had photographed and interviewed 7 people, however not all were referrals. My luck finished in Ireland (ironically) where my lady in Dublin gave me a contact for someone near Galway, but I was unable to reach them. This lead me to start finding people on my own again. I photographed a couple of backpackers from my hostel who were\u00a0keen and a really lovely local old man down by the wharf.<\/p>\n
My Europe trip took me from Ireland to Paris where I met up and stayed with a friend from travels in Thailand, she found out about my project and was happy to join in also.<\/p>\n
From Paris I went down to Biarritz\u00a0to get some sunshine and a surf in, but the sun wasn’t shining, the waters were cold and I got the flu. This put me out of action for a few weeks. I went to Barcelona to find some sun and warmth, but had no luck on the interview front. This lead me to take up an offer on a 2 for 1 sailing trip around Croatia with a traveller I had met in Edinburgh. We sailed the Croatian sea with a great bunch of people and I was able to find a local Croatian willing to participate on my project once more. This brought back my confidence again, I was feeling better and recovered from the flu.<\/p>\n
Next I explored the Greek island with Marlon, the boy I had met in Edinburgh and who\u00a0came on the sailing trip with me. We met a lovely couple who were more than happy to be interviewed\u00a0and photographed. After a few weeks in the Greek islands we arrived in Vienna to meet and stay with a very important friend of mine Angelika. Angelika was there when I was gored by a water buffalo in Cambodia and stayed with me in hospital for 10 days, looking after me and just being my angel. I was also there to photograph her friend’s wedding. So in Austria, Angelika’s friends who I can now say are my friends were happy to be involved in the project too.<\/p>\n
My Europe trip shortly came to and end after Austria. Marlon and I became very close and\u00a0we continued travelling together to Venice for a few days before I needed\u00a0to make my way to Milan to fly home.<\/p>\n
Europe proved to me I could do this project, I found confidence and I had an amazing time meeting new people, staying with great\u00a0friends and meeting my man!<\/p>\n
So the project and travels continue…<\/p>\n
Keep an eye out for portraits and answers from my European subjects.<\/p>\n
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