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"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer". I would like to start my story with Randy's Pausch words - an American educator and a professor. It describes permanent human's courage in everything, their moving forward, exploring new ways and living at new points. However, the first experience is always the darkness, the unknown thing which has a possibility to seduce. At the same time it pushes to collect one's strength and not to deny its existence. That's why people are in love with unknown. So, to leap into unknown, is it a fear or an anxiety? The feelings are mixed. Because of my willing to explore the world I moved to another country without permission from my relatives. Furthermore, the decision was consciously. What a crazy thing to be fixed up in a job in your Motherland just to save money to make a journey. It was very important to think over every tiny detail. Unequivocally, nobody rejected unforeseen consequence. I desired to stand with one foot on the known while gropping with the other foot in the darkness of unknown. That's why the trying to find the point on which to make next step was going to start. It happened in France. I applied for an internship : to improve my language skills, to compare the education, to ameliorate the knowledge -were my purpose. Everything supposed the preparation. As none of my mates and households have never taken an interest in this field, it became a self-deceiving game. My adventure commenced from the arrival to the country! The airport was situated 100 km from the capital. Honestly to say, I was quite thrifty person that's why I didn't want to pay more than share. (Just a short information about French low-cost airport : it blocks all transfer websites). As a decision I found a cafe nearby, connected to Wi-Fi and chose other transfer much cheaper. Right away the chauffeur let me know about destination which was not directly as I needed (he was going a little bit out of the town). If I could I would express those emotions after closing the door of the car and being in the terminal. Just field. No people, no cars, no internet connection. Nothing. My tears started welling up. The only exit of the situation was walking straight with a ray of hope to meet somebody. At that moment I got a fortune. In 15 minutes I stumbled on a lorry. What a bliss it was! The driver didn't speak neither French nor English. It was Spanish. Fortunately I was able to remember all my knowledges in Spanish and it was possible to explain him all the situation. We found the common language and he aided me. That man proposed to give a lift and I risked. In Ukraine people say : "The world is not without good people". Finally, Paris! Actually I have a lot of such crazy stories. But every trip makes my brain work and anyway find a solution of force-major situations. Every experience (good or bad) is a great effort. In that case one should seek the light in the darkness and outlet from unknown situations. Now I'm always asking pieces of advice and do not repeat done mistakes. And beg you all, never let your close feel worry. Nevertheless, at the same time, the dream of 18 years old girl left much impression and ideas for gain.