Kazantzakis traveled a lot in his life: Naxos, Athens, Paris, Mount Athos, Caucasus, Vienna, Berlin, Italy, Cyprus, Palestine, Egypt, Sinai, Russia, China, Japan, Spain, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Holland, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia and elsewhere. In 1922 he visited Vienna, where he came into contact with the work of Sigmund Freud and the Buddhist scriptures. He also visited Germany, while in 1924 he stayed in Italy for three months. During the period of 1923-1926 he also made several journalistic trips to the Soviet Union, Palestine, Cyprus and Spain, where he interviewed the dictator Primo de Rivera. In October of 1926 he went to Rome and interviewed Benito Mussolini. He also worked as a correspondent for the newspapers "Acropolis", "Free Speech", "Free Press", "Kathimerini" and others.