An Around the World Adventure

 In case Andrew and I have not yet had the opportunity to let the “news” loose to you personally; we are about to begin a 3 month trip around the world with our first flight this Monday, August 17^th  returning November 13^th. We will temporarily leave our cubicles (yes, this is work approved!) in exchange for the opportunity to acquire countless new experiences, memories, a diverse knowledge of many new cultures and quite a few additional stamps in our passports.

(After just a few appropriately found quotes and cheesy travel pictures - I'm sorry I had to - I'll get to the real trip details)

The itinerary we have diligently planned to date is as follows (subject to expand and vary slightly based on where our travels take us):

                  

                       1.       Warsaw, Poland

                       2.       Budapest, Hungary

                       3.      Croatia (all over)

                       4.      Ho Chi Minh & Hanoi, Vietnam

                       5.      San Jose, Costa Rica

With this first post I’m hoping to answer all of the who/what/when/why/”what are you thinking” types of questions and comments regarding our trip that all of you may be asking yourselves (obviously please feel free to ask additional questions in the comments or to either of us personally as well)! So like all great adventures, and in this case blogs, begin I’ll start with the groundwork……

Some people have a theory, the way you spend the first of the year is how you will spend the remainder of your year; and in our case throughout 2015, I have to say that theory could not be more correct. Andrew and I spent New Year’s Eve in Buenos Aires this year, traveling together and ironically enough discussing the uncommon prospect of a future trip, and much more significant trip, than the 2 week vacation we were currently enjoying. When we returned from our New Year’s Holiday and fell back into our normal pace and routine you would think these “outlandish” ideas would dissipate. Luckily for me, I have an incredibly motivated, adventurous and relentless travel companion– Andrew simply wouldn’t have it. He kept us focused and working towards our goal.

Luckily, our careers as consultants also lent us an advantage in the planning of our trip. Both Accenture and The Claro Group were generous enough to acknowledge and support the importance of taking hold of an adventure at this point in our lives when both work and personal demands are, all things considered, at a minimum. We were granted sabbaticals (see definition below) which are allowing us to take the trip of a lifetime creating new unparalleled experiences, gaining knowledge that is unattainable from the cube of an office building, growing both as individuals separately and together, and spending the remainder of 2015 in the way we began it.

sab·bat·i·cal: a period of time during which someone does not work at his or her regular job and is able to rest, travel, do research, etc.

I plan on regularly updating this blog as we go including pictures and stories from our travels. Hopefully, you’ll be able to follow along throughout our excursions (and I’ll be able to remember to post)!  Please also reach out via email or WhatsApp over the next three months to keep in touch! Here we goooo!