Personal Narrative: Wild By Cheryl Strayed

Usually, it’s the unplanned events that turn out to be an amazing time, and my unexpected holiday definitely was one. It was not a planned surprise nor was it present but a simple coincidence that happened. My Grannie who is alone has always dreamed of traveling to Austria but the fear of going alone had put her off the idea. I on the other hand had never considered Austria as an appealing place mainly due to the fact I had a lack of knowledge on the country, who knew that it was going to turn out to be one of my most precious memories.
I meet up with my Grannie occasionally, at least once a week we go for lunch but no lunch date had ever ended up booking a holiday. My Grannie is a bit of a superstitious person, after persuading her to go down to the travel agencies and finally book the holiday it turned out that the dates she had in mind were no longer available. Of course to her this was a sign, she shouldn’t go. On the wall was a massive world map, I stared at it for a long time …show more content…
I done as much research as I could on Austria and the more I found out the more excited I was to be there. I started reading a book called “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed, and I felt as if I was the main character I was off on my own adventures. It was not a glam holiday or a laze about all day type of holiday but we were determined to make the most of it. Go for walks and hikes during the day and visit historical places, get involved with the locals and learn about the culture and traditions. Staying in a village called St Wolfgang which has an interesting historical background. According to legend St Wolfgang threw an axe down the mountain to find the site and even persuaded the Devil to contribute to the building by promising him the first living being ever entering the church. Before I was even in St Wolfgang I didn’t want to