The Plan....or lack of one.
One of the first questions you get when you tell people you are going on an around-the-world trip is inevitably "where will you all be heading"? Good question. Fair Question. But unfortunately, not as easy of a question as you would think. We'll start with how this idea even came about. Over a year ago, after 7+ years of dating and 4ish years of living together, it was time to have a talk about what was next for us. When I cornered Johnny to get some answers about our next stage (marriage? family? live in a new state?), his response was that he felt like he needed a "big adventure" (thus starting the ongoing joke that this trip is his "mid-life crisis come early"). I've been very fortunate that in my younger years I had lots of opportunities to travel and see the world. Over the course of our relationship, I've regaled Johnny with stories of my adventures and I often talk about how much I loved living abroad and how much I would love to do i