trieste-the eye opener

trieste was an interesting trip (occuring on 26.2.09-1.3.09) and i left there in a mix of emotions. the city was beautiful. the gulf of trieste was picture perfect and the weather was refreshing. it was a unique trip because no one was sure why we went there, what was the point of this little town tucked away in the edge of italy next to slovenia but after arrival, it became clear that everyone was thankful that we made our way there. for me it gave me a chance to reflect of a lot of things. maybe it was the chilled out life-style of the italians or the fact that for the first time we never really had much of a time table for anything. it was relaxing, even when we were with the group, our hikes through the woods seems very solitary and it was easy to get lost for even just a minute. one of my favorite times on the trip came when we took this boat to maggia, about 20 minutes down the coast of italy. there were about 5 of us that decided to "just go up." by that i mean we did just that, walked up a hill and when we came to a fork we took the higher of the roads. the goal was to watch the sunset. after about 20 min we came across a little church with a grave yard that i walked through, it was interesting because there was a church from the 1400 yet all the graves were from the 1980/90s. it was nice to get away from the busy busy of other churches. i was the only one in there for about 10 minutes and that was one of the best 10 minutes of the trip with the exception of whats to follow. as we continued up the hill, we turned a corner only to find ourselves in slovenia. for us it was interesting to see the old abandoned border control (slovenia just joined the eu) so after a few pictures, we sat down with a few rolls and watched the sun set for about 45 minutes. it was quite and we all just sat there enjoying that moments amongst others and within our own self. it was nice, all i needed was a cigar so i think i would have been in heaven for those 45 min.
trieste told me though, that we cant forget to breathe, we rush through life, we take step after step without looking around. we forget that were hear once and that if we keep looking forward to whats next we dont get to enjoy the now. in all i think that i learned that there is no rush. were young free to do what we want...there are no limitations if we do things our way. we can only hinder ourselves and we cannot be afraid to dance to the song thats playing now, no matter what that may be.