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We’ve done it. We’ve been “traveling” for one month. To be honest, it doesn’t really feel like that much! Perhaps because we started with what we’re used to and know we love like big European cities. In any case, it seems like a milestone and what are milestones for if not reflection (in the form of blog posts of course). 30 days in and we are very happy and very relaxed. We still like each other quite a lot and still have things to talk about every day. We’ve visited 6 cities, taken 2 flights, 3 trains, and 2 buses. We’ve shopped at every supermarket chain that exists in the Czech Republic and Poland and are working on Germany . This life of leisure and adventure suits us. We can’t wait to see what the next month holds.

Finding Light on a Dark Highway To cross the divide between youth and adulthood, sometimes you need wings to fly. I found mine one brilliant summer on an epic, cross-country road trip I took with my wife, Tara. It was a definitive moment in the evolution of our relationship. We were good friends at the time—young, career-less, recently freed from dead-end relationships, and maybe a little unsure of ourselves. At the time I think we were both dreamers without a dream, but ready to try anything. My part of the story started in May. After an eight-day walk on the Appalachian Trail failed to revive a three-year-old relationship with my girlfriend, we soon went our separate ways. My seasonal job had ended, I had no interest in college, and I was confused about what to do next. My soul ached for clarity, purpose and…freedom. The time was ripe to travel and to find, somewhere in this supposed land of the free, a light to lead me out of the darkness. It took me two weeks to fix...

Today, June 17, 2016, we are leaving our comfortable apartment in Brooklyn to start our year of travel. Ack! After almost 3 years of thinking about it, 8 months of real planning, and 1 month of packing, we are actually doing this. Exciting? Yes. Scary? Of course. But we know this is the right thing to do for us, right now. June 17 is a meaningful day for another reason. It marks the anniversary of Sarah’s diagnosis with LAM 6 years ago (see Sarah’s Story to learn more). That day changed our lives in not the best way. Hopefully this year we can change our lives in an amazing way – and bring some hope and inspiration to others at the same time.