While I drink my coffeeViajar sola
Travelling alone
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Viajar sola da un poco de miedo, pero también da mucha . Puedes cambiar de plan en cinco minutos, comer a las cuatro de la tarde o quedarte una hora mirando una plaza. Nadie te dice que es tarde o que estás .
Travelling alone is a little scary, but it also gives a lot of freedom. You can change plans in five minutes, eat at four in the afternoon or spend an hour looking at a square. Nobody tells you it is late or that you are wasting time.
Lo difícil no es el viaje, sino los momentos de : la cena en un restaurante lleno de parejas, o la foto que no tienes con quién compartir. Por eso muchas viajeras hablan con el camarero, con otros viajeros o con el vecino del . Estar sola no significa estar .
The hard part is not the trip but the moments of silence: dinner in a restaurant full of couples, or the photo you have nobody to share with. That is why many women travellers talk to the waiter, to other travellers or to the neighbour at the hostel. Being alone does not mean being isolated.
Words from the text
Grammar in the text
- Puedes cambiar, Nadie te dice que es tarde — “Puedes + infinitive” — possibility; “decir que” + indicative when we simply report a fact.
- Por eso muchas viajeras hablan… — “Por eso” = “that is why”: normal indicative follows.
For your diary
Si viajaras sola una semana, ¿adónde irías y qué rutina tendrías cada día?
If you travelled alone for a week, where would you go and what routine would you have each day?