While doing a short backpacking trip I met a girl who was currently working at a hostel in Puerto de Mogan on Gran Canaria. She told me she is travelling the Waltz lifestyle, doing pottery. This means people who have studied at least 3 years of handicraft then leaves the country and travels around the world working in different workshops to learn from them. The goal is to do this for at least 3 years and 1 day, and to work at least half of the time in a workshop, while staying maximum 3 months in one and the same workshop. She also told me that because she moves around so much even after 2-3 weeks in one place she feels restless. While travelling they need to be in a special dress, for example white clothes with special zippers on the pants, a hat and a walking cane which is in the form of a natural spiral.

This mission is mostly performed in Germany and a few other countries in Europe. Most people in Germany (where she was from) just know about this culture, but not the details. To read more about Waltz, here is a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journeyman_years#The_German_.22waltz.22