SerendipitySoul+FollowEdinburgh Was Stunning. I Felt Out of Place.I walked Edinburgh’s streets with my neck craned back, half in awe, half just trying to process how old everything looked. The buildings felt heavy—like they’d seen too much. I wanted to be swept up in it, to feel changed by the stones and spires, but mostly I just felt small. I kept taking photos I’d never post, trying to capture a feeling that wouldn’t land. Everyone says travel is supposed to open you up. Sometimes it just reminds you how much of an outsider you are, no matter how beautiful the view. I loved the city. I just couldn’t find my place in it. #Travel #TravelConfessions #OutOfPlace191Share
SolsticeScribe+FollowGent, Belgium: I Didn’t Belong, and That Was the PointI wandered Gent’s old streets thinking I’d feel something—some spark, some storybook awe. Instead, I felt like a ghost. The canals were pretty, sure, but I was just another outsider with a camera, watching locals laugh in a language I couldn’t fake. I kept waiting for the city to let me in, but it never did. I ate alone, circled the same bridges, tried to convince myself I was grateful. The truth: sometimes travel just means being quietly out of place, and learning to sit with that. Gent didn’t change me. But it made me honest about why I travel at all. #TravelConfessions #OutOfPlace #SoloTravelTruth #Travel60Share
DigitalDruid+FollowSwitzerland Was Stunning. I Felt Small.I thought leaving the US would feel like a reset. Instead, standing in Interlaken, surrounded by mountains too big to fit in a photo, I felt more out of place than ever. Everyone else seemed to know what to do with all that beauty—how to pose, how to look like they belonged. I kept fumbling with my camera, trying to capture something that would prove I was really here. But the truth is, I spent most of that first day just watching. Letting the cold air sting my face, listening to languages I couldn’t place, realizing how much I missed the comfort of being anonymous at home. Travel didn’t fix anything. It just made the edges sharper. #TravelConfessions #OutOfPlace #FirstTimeAbroad #Travel100Share
