{"id":371,"date":"2014-10-21T16:39:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T13:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anamariapopa.com\/?p=371"},"modified":"2016-03-28T09:10:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T06:10:28","slug":"why-settle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anamariapopa.com\/why-settle\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Days Challenge, Day 21 – Why Settle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you do when your plans don\u2019t go as you wish and you find yourself in a different situation? I\u2019m gonna tell you, you just enjoy it.<\/p>\n

This June I went to Brussels, through Couchsurfing<\/a>. Already had more than a couple of experiences and I’ve always met nice and interesting people, with whom I still keep in touch. So now I accepted accommodation from a Romanian guy. At some point, I thought to myself that it would be funny that this is the only time I get into trouble, but I let all that go because I thought that he\u2019s the same nationality as me and he wouldn\u2019t do anything wrong.<\/p>\n

So I arrive in Brussels and meet with him, we go groceries shopping and ice cream eating and then home. I start making dinner and I find myself being hugged from behind and kissed on the neck. \u2018Okay now, wtf\u2026\u2019. I try to explain to the guy how things work and usually what Couchsurfing means, but he said he felt this strong connection between us. Bottom line, he got kinda upset.<\/p>\n

The next morning, he went to work and I started wandering around the city and meeting some friends I had there. I checked-in on Facebook with them, had fun, added pics, etc.<\/p>\n

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In the evening when I meet with my host, he was still upset and I tried understanding what was wrong. Apparently, it was disrespectful of me to check-in with other guys when I stayed at his place\u2026 And he started acting like a child.<\/p>\n

I started packing my things and at 11PM I left his apartment to go to one of my friends who was a student in Namur, a small city at 1h30 ride by train from Brussels. Oh, and he lived in a dorm room. So, at 1AM we started cleaning one room so that I could sleep there. Even then, I remember laughing so hard on this situation and experience.<\/p>\n

And for the next 4 days I spent my time in such lovely company with my friend and his colleagues, that I do not regret leaving that night with my bags and wandering in a city I had just arrived in.<\/p>\n

I returned to Brussels the next day to meet a dear friend with whom I had no time to meet in Bucharest \u2013 one of those delightful coincidences.<\/p>\n

So instead of just spending my time in Brussels, I had the time of my life in Namur and spent one wonderful day on a trip to Bruges with the people I had just met. I laughed, I ate icecream, I had fun, I took lots of pictures, I received a heart balloon that I took on a trip, I recorded videos of all, I loved it! And as a souvenir, I kept the keys from the dorm room, haha!<\/p>\n

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Believe me when I say everything happens for a reason, even though we don\u2019t know what that reason is.\u00a0Now I would like you to think of a time when you were denied one thing or a moment when things didn\u2019t go as planned and analyze if it wasn\u2019t for the best, in the end.<\/p>\n

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In Bruges, I found this cute little Hello Kitty Bracelet on the pavement!<\/p><\/div>\n

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