Throughout my whole life I have always wanted to travel the world. My parents have always told me to follow my dreams and do what makes me happy. They have given me many amazing opportunities to travel and experience a new piece of the world. Each place that I have traveled to has taught me something new. I have learned new things about myself, others, and about different places. Usually when I hear people say they want to travel the world, I hear them say they want to see different landmarks or they want to go stay at some beach resort. Yes, I would love to see the Eiffel Tower in Paris or Big Ben in London, but I want to do so much more than that. I want to discover the cute little coffee shops in Paris, I want to ride a canal all through Venice, take a moped around the country side of Italy, I want to discover what makes each country or city its own.

I was recently sitting in Times Square in New York City just watching people come and go. Times Square has a staircase where you can sit and be able to see all of Times Square. I sat at that staircase for quite some time. Thousands to people coming and going. I began to notice that people would just come take a picture and then leave. They would do tons of different poses and then when they got one they liked, they just left. These people didn't even look around, they didn't even notice where they were. It's like they never really fully visited Times Square. So many people go to Times Square each year, but that's the problem, people just go to Times Square, they don't realize where they are at and they don't take it in.

When I think of myself traveling around the world, I don't think of some tour guide telling me where to go. I think of myself wandering around a new city discovering the unique places. I think of listening to people tell stories about what it was like to grow up in those places. I think of learning about a new culture and what makes that culture so special. I think of wanting to get lost in some streets while discovering new things. I think of waking up early to catch the sunrise in different cities. I think about how I will discover a new piece of myself with everywhere I go.

Traveling has always been a passion of mine and I intend to pursue that passion. They are so many places I want to go and there are so many interesting people that I know I will meet along the way. Traveling can open your eyes to so many new things. As humans, we get so comfortable in our everyday lives that I think we forget that there is a whole world out there. A whole world that was created for us. I want to explore this great big world. I want to explore, discover, and have adventure around the world. I want to leave a little piece of my heart in each city, because I know I will be taking a little bit of each city with me.