Not what to expect, there is what to do and live

by Domingas Barros (Brazil)

I didn't expect to find Italy

I write this text on march 8, and I start to remember so many women who fought so that today I could travel alone. Yes; I thank feminism for that, and yes, I prefer to travel alone. Travelin alone is an act of courage, a confrontation with the world, which tries to intimidate so many women, but regardless of so much violence, harassment, it is important to understand that the world belongs to gueryone and we fight for the right to know it. I've been travelin alone for about 7 years. At First It was for lack of company, but then I got a taste. Travelin alone allows me to find so many things, I go where, I want to go, I go where I feel like. It may not be good practice, but I don't follow scripts; traveled to Rio de Janeiro meet Christ the Redeemer, to Bahia to dance to the sound of Olodum. A beatiful day, I woke up in Natal, beside the Man I thought I would be, the man of my life, lol; Then Paris, a city of light; Italy with its romanticism, and I passed through its cities; Rome, Milan, Genoa and Matera. Matera was the city that surprised me the most, perhaps for not waiting, to find it in this Crazy script. Its caves, the root that presents us the beginnings of man, a surreal city that has been the setting for many films, for me as an actress, I understood It as a sign, lol. I got to Matera, for going after love, in fact, I'm always after love, I think that's why I never meet him, lol. Matera surprised me for its beauty and authenticity, a quality that is part of my characteristic. Only the real ones explore the unknown, this thing of believing, that que know, we know everything, should not be a quality of a good traveler. Finding what we don't expect, being surprised, avoids prejudice, allows us to discover. Whenever I travel, I try to discover places that are not what I expected, and thank fully. I dress around the world, and O Head on, I play, not without a destination, but they can change along the way, that's how I met Matera. I don't know If the phrase " I didn't expect to find", fits in a traveler's vocabulary. In fact, the opportunity to travel alone in the world is a great expectation to find; more than places, It is to find people, and not expect much or nothing from them, but rather more from me.