We did it! We saved our money, paid off our debt, sold our condo, one car and (almost) all of our belongings and found someone (my parents) to care for our cats for the next 7 months. It was no easy feat! So much more work went into this "Trip of a Lifetime" than I had ever anticipated or could have imagined. Ready or not we're leaving next Friday!
I quit my job and Jon is on sabbatical from his job in the tech world (please don’t ask me to explain his job).
Not willing to wait for retirement to start seriously traveling, we’re getting this party started – NOW! We’re young, healthy, and fit (truth be told - I’m eating ice cream as I type this) what better time to travel!
We leave June 2nd and start in Italy on our recumbent bikes. We’ll work our way north through
France, Germany, the UK and hopefully make sweeps through Switzerland, and Denmark. Can we do all of this in 3 months – who knows!
At the end of August we’ll head to Thailand, Cambodia, South Korea, Singapore and end the year in New Zealand. We hope to stretch our dollar (Euro, Baht, Won…) by doing volunteer work via the WWOOF (Willing Workers of Organic Farms) organization to offset the cost of room and board, hang with the locals and hopefully learn something new or possibly impart some knowledge or our own!
