Our plan for Europe is to take one backpack each and travel around for 3 months. We’re keeping our itinerary flexible in case we want to change our pace, hear of new places, or want to stay somewhere longer. So although it’s guaranteed to change… here’s our initial plan of where we’ll go when:
Author: Alonna
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Our One-Year Travel Adventure
Ben and I have some exciting news to share with you. This summer, we will leave our jobs to travel the world for one year!
Lately we’ve realized that now is a great time to pursue some of the things we want to do in our lives. We both enjoy exploring new places and seeing different parts of the world, and I’ve always dreamed of traveling for an extended period of time. Working as engineers for the past several years, we’ve been able to save up enough money to make this happen. Ben will be leaving his job at HP at the end of June, and I will be taking a one-year unpaid Leave of Absence from HP starting in July.
Some of the places we’d like to go include: Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Asia and Africa. So far we have the following plans for July through December 2009:
- July: Road Trip to Canada (1-2 weeks)
- Aug-Nov: Backpacking in Europe (3 months)
- Nov-Dec: Home and Family time in the US (1.5 months)
Over the next couple of months we’ll share more of our thoughts and travel plans on this site. And while we’re traveling we plan to post photos and stories along the way. We hope that you’ll enjoy sharing this adventure with us!
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Moab, Utah 2009
We went to Moab for a weekend and met up with Ben’s mom. It was GREAT! Seriously, I can’t tell you how much I love this place…
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What I’ve Been Up To in April
Here’s a few random things I’ve been up to lately…
HP Ski Day at Bogus – Cross Country Skiing with my co-workers Soumya and Theresa:
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Foreign Films
I’ve recently discovered an excellent movie genre: Foreign Films. They can be a refreshing change of pace from typical Hollywood movies, and I’ve especially enjoyed watching movies that teach me something about history or another part of the world.
For example, I recently watched a move called The Lives of Others, (more…)
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Bogus Basin: Summer & Winter
Last Summer Ben and I went biking at Bogus Basin Ski Resort outside of Boise. Ben had the sweet idea of taking photos of the exact same locations in summer and winter. We forgot to look at the summer photos before heading up to Bogus yesterday – but we took a bunch of pictures anyway and some of them matched up pretty well. So, here you have examples of Bogus Basin in the summer vs. winter!
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Subscribe by e-mail
I just added a new ‘subscribe by e-mail’ feature to our website. Just click on the SUBSCRIBE link on the black menu bar at the top of this page, and enter your e-mail address. Then you will get an e-mail each time we write a new blog post!
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Christmas in Minnesota 2008
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Ben and I had a great time in Minnesota visiting family and friends. It always goes by too fast though, doesn’t it?
Click Continue Reading to see the rest of the photos…
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Thanksgiving in White River 2008
Here are some photos from Thanksgiving at my grandparent’s house in South Dakota (including a few below from my sister-in-law Heather). We had a great time – lots of family, food, desserts, card playing, and fun!
(NOTE: click on Continue Reading below to see the rest of the photos!)
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Washington DC
After my SWE Conference in Baltimore, I took a train to Washington DC. I’ve never been there before and since I was so close (a 40-min train ride), I decided to squeeze it in. I stayed over night Saturday and then got up really early on Sunday to see the sights. My flight left at 5:30pm so I didn’t have much time.
I was out on the “mall” by 8am, and it was a beautiful day! There was hardly anyone out yet, only a few other tourists and joggers. You can see this in some of my earlier photos – later in the day it became much more crowded. I walked all around the mall from one end to the other – it’s a lot further than it looks!
