1,000 kilometers 21 days 5 different
countries six different cities zero
euros my name is Edward and in June 2016
I traveled for 21 days with absolutely
no money so from Germany to Hungary here
was the challenge to travel with no
money and to toughen up the challenge of
its I committed to not use internet so I
couldn’t use couchsurfing or helbig’s or
the similar websites that allows you to
find a host or accommodation for free so
I emptied my wallet before leaving home
and I hit the road and like this began
one of the most incredible experiences
I’ve ever lived in my life
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you
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you
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when I came back home everybody asked me
the same question how how did you do
that how did you survive for 21 days
with no money
I can’t even survive for one day with no
money I have to eat I have to sleep
somewhere how did you do that
well here is the secret when you travel
you basically only have three things to
pay the first thing is transportation
going for point A to point B the second
thing is food what are you going to eat
what are you going to drink and the last
thing is accommodation where are you
going to sleep and you can make these
three things free and here is au for
transportation I each hiked the old trip
I’ve been picked up by cars trucks vans
well that was an event actually that was
a hearse you know the kind of vehicle
that transport dead people so that van
was transporting a dead from Leipzig to
Dresden and let’s just say I had the
privilege to be part of the wonderful
journey I even got a ride from a smart
car that was driving 150 kilometers an
hour on the highway in Germany I mean I
have to say I didn’t even know such a
small car could drive that fast and I
have turned me that was quite a bit
scared for foods
I was asking local restaurants for
leftovers so I would just ran into a
restaurant and say hey my name is Edward
I’m 23 years old I’m travelling with no
money if you have anything that is not
good anymore that you plan to throw that
you can’t sell anymore
I’ll be more than happy to have it as
expected
most people told me no but sometimes I
received right and I have to admit that
during 3 days that’s the only thing I
ate bread and water but as you can see I
was happy but sometimes people would
cook a real meal
a real meal from scratch for me I’ll
give me delicious dishes this is our I
had chocolate cake with cappuccino in
Dresden gratin dauphinois in Leipzig
that chocolate cake with that macaroon
at the number one cake shop according to
Trip Advisor in Budapest and that soup
and that fruit juice in the number one
restaurant according to Trip Advisor
again in Vienna and about this
restaurant what I wanted to sit down the
waiter pulled out my shirt so that I
could sit down I mean nobody has ever
done that to me before in my life and
finally for accommodation
I was asking local people in the street
hey can I sleep at your place tonight
as expected night out of 10 times people
would just tell me no ah but I learned
something from that the thing I learned
is to redefine my view about rejection
now we all face rejection in our daily
lives we go to the job interview
we get rejected we don’t get the job we
go talk to that pretty girl in the bar
we get rejected the thing is most of us
experience rejection once a day once a
week sometimes even once a month and we
are not so used to it that’s why it
hurts so much but there are two things
I’d like to share with you about
rejection and that comes from a guy who
has experienced an average of 20
rejections a day between the rejections
I faced when I was hiking asking for
food or asking for accommodation the
first thing I’d like to share with you
about rejection is that people are never
rejecting you people are rejecting the
idea you represent when you are choking
for example was a very choked in his
life before hitchhiking right good when
you are choking the vast majority of
people won’t stake you each hiking won’t
do that simply because that’s who they
are they don’t take each iger’s don’t
take it personally
and the second thing about rejection is
that rejection does not mean you will
have nothing rejection just means that
you’ll have something a little bit
different when I was for example asking
in the streets to run down people hey
can I sleep at your place tonight and
people told me no I wasn’t telling
myself oh that means I’m going to have
to sleep outside tonight in the streets
now I was just telling myself all right
that means I’m going to find someone
else and live another experience that
might be even better than the one I just
missed to me we should never be afraid
of rejection because it’s just part of
life and to me getting what you want in
life is just a matter of being willing
to experience enough rejections before
having what you want and in the end I
didn’t sleep a single night outside I
did happen that I was still looking for
someone at 4 a.m. in the street but I
always found somebody and in the end it
taught me to put things into perspective
when I would finally find someone to
host me before falling asleep as I was
laying on the couch or on the bed I
would fall asleep in I would always
remind myself hey I get food in my
stomach I got water in my bottle and I
get a roof above my head and a mattress
under my back everything is fine I’m
happy these three things food water and
shelter are things we take for granted
in our daily lives but if we think about
it we actually so blessed and lucky to
have it
now what are the lessons that I’ve
learned from that why did I do such a
thing
I already shared some of the lessons
with you but I’d like now to share the
four biggest lessons I’ve learned from
doing this kind of trip and I believe
these are lessons we can all apply in
our daily lives because in the end life
is a journey to the first thing I’ve
learned is that this is not about what
you get this is about what you give I
began this journey wondering each time I
was meeting someone new
what can I get from this person can I
get food can I get a ride can I get
accommodation and I ended up this
journey asking myself questions that
were completely different questions like
what can I give to this person can I
give a smile my enthusiasm an inspiring
story to share an ear to listen to
problems sing a song for them dance with
them anything and switching these
questions from the getting to the giving
completely changed my journey and I have
to say that I live the best moments of
my journey when I was in the giving
mindset and not in the getting mindset
but to give you have to meet people and
that’s the second thing I’ve learned
drop the fear to approach people and the
world can actually be an amazing place
when you travel with no money it forces
you to constantly mean new people
because your survival depends on it when
you when we think about it in our daily
life we sometimes even struggle for
asked to ask away when we are lost it’s
so easy to take our smartphones and just
as Google we are not so used anymore to
start a conversation with a complete
stranger and to build a relationship out
of nothing this journey taught me to
drop my fear of the other and I’ve
learned that you don’t need a good
reason to start a conversation you don’t
need to be in the same Sports Club you
don’t need to be in the same University
you don’t need to be introduced by a
common friend there to just running a
bar and say to the first person you see
hey I just met you and this is crazy
all right don’t say that but they’re to
just say hey I thought you were cool my
name is Edward don’t say your name is
Edward unless your name is Edward but
they’re to say it this guy and his
friend for example they were carrying a
couch around vienna at each famous stops
they had to stop laying on the couch
seven stops and just enjoy life when i
saw them i had to introduce myself i
told them guys you are just amazing and
they looked at me and it told me you
want to come with us
and this is all I ended up spending and
all afternoon with two guy from two guys
from Vienna just carrying a couch around
Vienna the third lesson I’ve learned is
that sometimes not having the choice is
the best option you can have when you
travel with money you can basically pick
anything you want you can decide the
food you’re going to eat where you’re
going to stay at the transportation
you’re going to take but when you decide
to travel with no money you just don’t
have that luxury anymore so when someone
gives you something you have to accept
it when you are checking for example and
go jogging a car stops the car looks a
bit dirty the driver doesn’t really seem
to speak the language you’re speaking
you can’t just say hey thank you but you
know I’ll just wait for another car you
can’t say that I mean the guy gives you
a chance so you have to give him a
chance and this is how I ended up
spending two hours in the truck of a
Ukrainian truck driver during two hours
he kept telling me stories in Ukrainian
I don’t speak Ukrainian and every ten
minutes I had to reply him with a broad
smile on my face you get that I don’t
understand a single word of what you’re
saying don’t you well you know what that
was one of the most inspiring and funny
funniest story I had during the journey
because you see I am not so sure that if
I would have met this guy in a bar in my
own town I would have spent two hours
talking with him especially not in
Ukrainian
but here 1,000 kilometers away from home
with no money I had no choice
and sometimes not having the choice is
the best option you can have the last
lesson is that there are no such things
as bad experiences to me there are just
experiences that lead you to better
things but I believe we should never
regret anything because ultimately the
bad things that happen to us make us
grow and lead us to better thing I think
this was the second night of my trip I
was in Leipzig Germany and I began
asking random people in the street hey
can I sleep at your place tonight
around 8:00 p.m. after four hours of
experience accretions 20 rejections it
was midnight darkness the night and I
still haven’t to find anybody to host me
and so I began to ask myself questions
questions like why am I doing this
why am I putting myself in such
conditions where I experienced so many
rejections and I feel so bad but then I
met those 4 German girls and they
accepted to host me they told me all
right you can sleep at all place I was
so happy and then they told me but first
we go to a nightclub and you’re coming
with us
that was in heaven and at some points of
of the night one of them asked me
Edwards
what’s the worst thing about traveling
the way you do and I thought about it
and I just replied well you know nothing
because you see tonight I experienced
more than 20 rejections I drink for
hours I felt great I felt really bad but
all these little rejections let me at
the exact place at the right time
why cross your path and going to a
nightclub with you is not something I’m
going to forget for a very long time so
I don’t regret anything and that’s
basically the story of my journey how
all these little rejections and bad
moments I experienced led me to meet the
people who made my journey and I lived
moments I will remember as long as I
live as a closing am i trying to sell
you something am I suggesting that you
should just leave your wallet and all
your money at home and start travelling
the way I did of course not if it’s not
your thing well don’t do it but all I
want to say is there a bit more a little
bit of courage can change your life it
changed mine ask yourself the question
what would I do if I were completely
fearless there to say hello to that
stranger pursue your dream go on an
adventure because in the end like Alan
Keller once said life is either a daring
adventure or nothing at all
thank you very much
you
countries six different cities zero
euros my name is Edward and in June 2016
I traveled for 21 days with absolutely
no money so from Germany to Hungary here
was the challenge to travel with no
money and to toughen up the challenge of
its I committed to not use internet so I
couldn’t use couchsurfing or helbig’s or
the similar websites that allows you to
find a host or accommodation for free so
I emptied my wallet before leaving home
and I hit the road and like this began
one of the most incredible experiences
I’ve ever lived in my life
[Music]
you
[Music]
you
[Music]
when I came back home everybody asked me
the same question how how did you do
that how did you survive for 21 days
with no money
I can’t even survive for one day with no
money I have to eat I have to sleep
somewhere how did you do that
well here is the secret when you travel
you basically only have three things to
pay the first thing is transportation
going for point A to point B the second
thing is food what are you going to eat
what are you going to drink and the last
thing is accommodation where are you
going to sleep and you can make these
three things free and here is au for
transportation I each hiked the old trip
I’ve been picked up by cars trucks vans
well that was an event actually that was
a hearse you know the kind of vehicle
that transport dead people so that van
was transporting a dead from Leipzig to
Dresden and let’s just say I had the
privilege to be part of the wonderful
journey I even got a ride from a smart
car that was driving 150 kilometers an
hour on the highway in Germany I mean I
have to say I didn’t even know such a
small car could drive that fast and I
have turned me that was quite a bit
scared for foods
I was asking local restaurants for
leftovers so I would just ran into a
restaurant and say hey my name is Edward
I’m 23 years old I’m travelling with no
money if you have anything that is not
good anymore that you plan to throw that
you can’t sell anymore
I’ll be more than happy to have it as
expected
most people told me no but sometimes I
received right and I have to admit that
during 3 days that’s the only thing I
ate bread and water but as you can see I
was happy but sometimes people would
cook a real meal
a real meal from scratch for me I’ll
give me delicious dishes this is our I
had chocolate cake with cappuccino in
Dresden gratin dauphinois in Leipzig
that chocolate cake with that macaroon
at the number one cake shop according to
Trip Advisor in Budapest and that soup
and that fruit juice in the number one
restaurant according to Trip Advisor
again in Vienna and about this
restaurant what I wanted to sit down the
waiter pulled out my shirt so that I
could sit down I mean nobody has ever
done that to me before in my life and
finally for accommodation
I was asking local people in the street
hey can I sleep at your place tonight
as expected night out of 10 times people
would just tell me no ah but I learned
something from that the thing I learned
is to redefine my view about rejection
now we all face rejection in our daily
lives we go to the job interview
we get rejected we don’t get the job we
go talk to that pretty girl in the bar
we get rejected the thing is most of us
experience rejection once a day once a
week sometimes even once a month and we
are not so used to it that’s why it
hurts so much but there are two things
I’d like to share with you about
rejection and that comes from a guy who
has experienced an average of 20
rejections a day between the rejections
I faced when I was hiking asking for
food or asking for accommodation the
first thing I’d like to share with you
about rejection is that people are never
rejecting you people are rejecting the
idea you represent when you are choking
for example was a very choked in his
life before hitchhiking right good when
you are choking the vast majority of
people won’t stake you each hiking won’t
do that simply because that’s who they
are they don’t take each iger’s don’t
take it personally
and the second thing about rejection is
that rejection does not mean you will
have nothing rejection just means that
you’ll have something a little bit
different when I was for example asking
in the streets to run down people hey
can I sleep at your place tonight and
people told me no I wasn’t telling
myself oh that means I’m going to have
to sleep outside tonight in the streets
now I was just telling myself all right
that means I’m going to find someone
else and live another experience that
might be even better than the one I just
missed to me we should never be afraid
of rejection because it’s just part of
life and to me getting what you want in
life is just a matter of being willing
to experience enough rejections before
having what you want and in the end I
didn’t sleep a single night outside I
did happen that I was still looking for
someone at 4 a.m. in the street but I
always found somebody and in the end it
taught me to put things into perspective
when I would finally find someone to
host me before falling asleep as I was
laying on the couch or on the bed I
would fall asleep in I would always
remind myself hey I get food in my
stomach I got water in my bottle and I
get a roof above my head and a mattress
under my back everything is fine I’m
happy these three things food water and
shelter are things we take for granted
in our daily lives but if we think about
it we actually so blessed and lucky to
have it
now what are the lessons that I’ve
learned from that why did I do such a
thing
I already shared some of the lessons
with you but I’d like now to share the
four biggest lessons I’ve learned from
doing this kind of trip and I believe
these are lessons we can all apply in
our daily lives because in the end life
is a journey to the first thing I’ve
learned is that this is not about what
you get this is about what you give I
began this journey wondering each time I
was meeting someone new
what can I get from this person can I
get food can I get a ride can I get
accommodation and I ended up this
journey asking myself questions that
were completely different questions like
what can I give to this person can I
give a smile my enthusiasm an inspiring
story to share an ear to listen to
problems sing a song for them dance with
them anything and switching these
questions from the getting to the giving
completely changed my journey and I have
to say that I live the best moments of
my journey when I was in the giving
mindset and not in the getting mindset
but to give you have to meet people and
that’s the second thing I’ve learned
drop the fear to approach people and the
world can actually be an amazing place
when you travel with no money it forces
you to constantly mean new people
because your survival depends on it when
you when we think about it in our daily
life we sometimes even struggle for
asked to ask away when we are lost it’s
so easy to take our smartphones and just
as Google we are not so used anymore to
start a conversation with a complete
stranger and to build a relationship out
of nothing this journey taught me to
drop my fear of the other and I’ve
learned that you don’t need a good
reason to start a conversation you don’t
need to be in the same Sports Club you
don’t need to be in the same University
you don’t need to be introduced by a
common friend there to just running a
bar and say to the first person you see
hey I just met you and this is crazy
all right don’t say that but they’re to
just say hey I thought you were cool my
name is Edward don’t say your name is
Edward unless your name is Edward but
they’re to say it this guy and his
friend for example they were carrying a
couch around vienna at each famous stops
they had to stop laying on the couch
seven stops and just enjoy life when i
saw them i had to introduce myself i
told them guys you are just amazing and
they looked at me and it told me you
want to come with us
and this is all I ended up spending and
all afternoon with two guy from two guys
from Vienna just carrying a couch around
Vienna the third lesson I’ve learned is
that sometimes not having the choice is
the best option you can have when you
travel with money you can basically pick
anything you want you can decide the
food you’re going to eat where you’re
going to stay at the transportation
you’re going to take but when you decide
to travel with no money you just don’t
have that luxury anymore so when someone
gives you something you have to accept
it when you are checking for example and
go jogging a car stops the car looks a
bit dirty the driver doesn’t really seem
to speak the language you’re speaking
you can’t just say hey thank you but you
know I’ll just wait for another car you
can’t say that I mean the guy gives you
a chance so you have to give him a
chance and this is how I ended up
spending two hours in the truck of a
Ukrainian truck driver during two hours
he kept telling me stories in Ukrainian
I don’t speak Ukrainian and every ten
minutes I had to reply him with a broad
smile on my face you get that I don’t
understand a single word of what you’re
saying don’t you well you know what that
was one of the most inspiring and funny
funniest story I had during the journey
because you see I am not so sure that if
I would have met this guy in a bar in my
own town I would have spent two hours
talking with him especially not in
Ukrainian
but here 1,000 kilometers away from home
with no money I had no choice
and sometimes not having the choice is
the best option you can have the last
lesson is that there are no such things
as bad experiences to me there are just
experiences that lead you to better
things but I believe we should never
regret anything because ultimately the
bad things that happen to us make us
grow and lead us to better thing I think
this was the second night of my trip I
was in Leipzig Germany and I began
asking random people in the street hey
can I sleep at your place tonight
around 8:00 p.m. after four hours of
experience accretions 20 rejections it
was midnight darkness the night and I
still haven’t to find anybody to host me
and so I began to ask myself questions
questions like why am I doing this
why am I putting myself in such
conditions where I experienced so many
rejections and I feel so bad but then I
met those 4 German girls and they
accepted to host me they told me all
right you can sleep at all place I was
so happy and then they told me but first
we go to a nightclub and you’re coming
with us
that was in heaven and at some points of
of the night one of them asked me
Edwards
what’s the worst thing about traveling
the way you do and I thought about it
and I just replied well you know nothing
because you see tonight I experienced
more than 20 rejections I drink for
hours I felt great I felt really bad but
all these little rejections let me at
the exact place at the right time
why cross your path and going to a
nightclub with you is not something I’m
going to forget for a very long time so
I don’t regret anything and that’s
basically the story of my journey how
all these little rejections and bad
moments I experienced led me to meet the
people who made my journey and I lived
moments I will remember as long as I
live as a closing am i trying to sell
you something am I suggesting that you
should just leave your wallet and all
your money at home and start travelling
the way I did of course not if it’s not
your thing well don’t do it but all I
want to say is there a bit more a little
bit of courage can change your life it
changed mine ask yourself the question
what would I do if I were completely
fearless there to say hello to that
stranger pursue your dream go on an
adventure because in the end like Alan
Keller once said life is either a daring
adventure or nothing at all
thank you very much
you
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