My Traveling Friends
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At 30, my friends Hugo and Paul left everything behind in France. For one year, they backpacked across Europe to Central Asia. I met them in Bulgaria, and in just a few days, I understood why they fled: not from fear, but from the weight of routine. They sought meaning beyond comfort—raw horizons, uncertainty, and the freedom of the road. Their escape wasn’t running away. It was a search for life before it slips away.
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