You may have some unforgettable memories. I also have it.
It was four years ago. My long trip was ending and stayed in Turkey, Istanbul. That country was first and last stop of my trip. I stayed there for three days before leaving to Japan.
Basically I traveled by myself and used Couch Surfing. The reason I used the web service was my interest was local lifestyle. I was not curious about tourist places.
I sometimes met people who accepted me as a guest even they were not CS users. They hosted me by chance. And there was one men who was not CS user. He is from one of east EU and we met in Japan before starting my trip. Because we had a common acquaintance and my mom asked him to meet the men because of worried me.
He came to Istanbul as well to meet me in spite of far from his country. We spend three days together in Istanbul. In the last day we went to the airport to get plane to go back to Japan. We didn’t talk much. He kept silence and brought my backpack at metro to go to the airport. Still, we didn’t talk anything.
Finally, we faced each other in front of passport controlled. I could not see his eyes and only said “We can meet again, someday”. That was last word I talked to him. He also did not say anything and gave me a stare. I left him and passed throw the bother. After I found my seat in the plane, I took a letter which he gave me before leaving. It said “Keep writing and I will find your works someday.” and there was a big illustration of flower in back of the letter.
At the moment I saw it, memories of my long long trip was flashed back and I could not stop crying. I cried not only because of sentimental but also regret.
I thought “Why did not I hug him before saying bye?” “Why did not I say anything about my feeling?”.
He and his family took care of me for three weeks. We talked about many things even though I could not speak English fluently.
Even now, I somtimes remember that unforgettable farewell. The story was four years ago but it is still clear.
In additional the departure of plane has reminded me of that farewell since the day. Especially the moment when the body leave land, I feel like my body is teared from the country. It is painful and sad feelings. I always think I will never come there ever.
I am not sure why I hided my real feelings. Since the day, I have tried to say what I wanna tell as much as possible. But it is better for me to write what I want to say than talking. This is why I can not help writing.
The farewell told me a lot. I surely think we will meet again someday. I want to become more honestly untill the day.
#Japanese version : 抱きしめられずに別れてしまった、あの日から思うこと｜misakichie19｜note（ノート）