By Alessandro Haas

I heard the music in the middle of last year when I was sweating over my bachelor’s thesis and it started to get louder and louder but I could not quite identify the song.

I was too busy and had my playlist on endless loop to carry me through the writing process.

But on the final day when I was sending in my thesis it became clear to me. It was the song of the open road. I was a free man again. And the world was waiting to be discovered.

Though this time I wanted to do it differently. I’ve traveled before and it’s not something I am uncomfortable with but I made a mistake last time. A heavy mistake. It weighed exactly 18.9kg and was just at the limit for my flight to Canada.

As I was preparing for my next... More...