For as long as we’ve known each other (which is 14 years now…), Adam has talked about living overseas. Originally, the plan was to live in one place for a year to year and half, but something always got in the way. After getting married, there were job changes, home purchases, masters degrees…something always seemed to be going on that pushed this trip off.

So, here we are in 2014, married for 7 years now, and we do want to have a family some day (Adam seems to think we’re still having 5 kids….I’m not so sure about that!) so it’s now or never!

We decided on 6 months…leaving in July, returning in December, but Adam will go traveling on his own in January through February. We will be spending half the time in Europe, and the other half in Asia, traveling from place to place, staying in each until we’re ready to move on. There is no itinerary. There is no real plan. But we’re doing it! Renting our house, selling our cars, packing up and just leaving! Some probably think we’re crazy (sometimes I do myself), but life is short….and I don’t want to be on my death bed someday thinking about how average my life was. So, we’re doing it…living life, experiencing different places, people, and best of all..FOOD!

So far, the plan (and I use that term loosely) is a couple weeks spent in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, and then on to India, Thailand, and possibly the Philippines, Cambodia, and other south east Asian countries nearby. I am lucky enough to be able to take a 6 month leave of absence from work, and return to my job in January. Adam, however, is resigning in mid-June.

In 2015, we rebuild our lives….start from almost scratch, and prepare for yet another adventure….starting a family! But for now..time to live in the present, enjoy every moment, and do what very few people do…become world travelers!