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So it was hot. I was sitting at home and working on my new project, I wanted to write a book, that's why I was focused. "Buzz, buzz" - someone disturbed me. "Unknown number" was on the screen. I was shock, because I didn't expect it, but I'd answered. "Hi!" - a young lady talked to me. "Are you Iryna?" "Yes, I'm. How can I help you?" - I was thinking that it was one of this companies, which wanted to sell you everything, and I was ready to say "not interested". "Congratulations! You won the trip to Norway! Erasmus+, if you remember. Are you ready to come? Don't you have any plans? And ...." - she was asking and asking, but I didn't understand. Just one question was in my head "Me? Norway? How?...". "Iryna?" - she stopped asking and started to wait, when I would answer. "Sorry" - my hands was shaking, I heard my heart's beating. "Could you repeat, please?". "Are you ready to come?" - I heard, that she was smiling. "Yeah, I am. Ready. Yes" "Good, I'll sent to you all information. See you soon!" - the lady hung up the phone, but I was standing and thinking, too much questions were in my head. The moment after realization had been come to me. And that's how my leap into the unknown started. I woke up at 2 am, the flight was at 7. I had never flight before, and I was scared. "Baggage, passport, money, insurance..." - I'd checked it for 10 times, and now did it one more time. I started to see this "unknown". I didn't know, what I would see in Norway, what I would do, who I would meet and so on. And I was frightened of these questions, but I made this step straightway to the darkness. It was like a miracle. I can't explain. These clouds, sky, I thought, that I was wind. I was flying through the clouds, meeting birds and saw unbelievable landscapes. Now I wasn't afraid of anything! I felt like I found calmness and happiness in the flight. "Dear passenger, we are happy to tell you, that our flight is close to finish. In 10 minutes we will be in Burgen, Norway, so ..." My "unknown" was coming and I was ready to land. I'd never seen something more beautiful and magically spellbind, than Burgen's landscapes. There were mountains, covered by tall trees and soft moss; clean rivers, full of fish and other animals. And sky! It was fabulous. Started from deep-blue on the horizon, than mixed with sky-blue and almost white colors, it had an uncountable amount of cirrus different shapes and shades. That moment I realized how happy I was, how calm and peaceful was my soul; and how thrilled was my heart. I fell in love with this nature and then - with these people. We had to present our country and first evening was dedicated to Norway team. They were wearing a national clothes: long multilayered colorful skirts, on skirts were different aprons, also there were long-sleeved white shirts, covered with different patterns, and on their heads girls had a hoop with small balls or rings. They regaled us with national food: pancakes with special Norway butter-cheese, it was quite unusual. For that 7 days, which I had spent there, I discovered from myself Georgian, Italian, Armenian, Lithuanian and Norwegian cultures. I am happy, that I had decided to jump into unknown. And I advertise you all to do like this. Don't afraid to open new worlds for yourself. Be strong, be patient! Just leap!