Posts Tagged ‘year of travel’
“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world
in the way they have been told to.” -Alan Keightley
Over lunch on an otherwise typical day, Ben and I made the decision to spend a year traveling. I don’t know what started the conversation or why it happened that day, but all of a sudden we realized that our dreams weren’t going to just happen; we had to make the decision to pursue them.
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:
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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