We are closing in on a year since we brought our trip to a close and in that time, the world has changed entirely. Three years ago we knew that our decision to pack everything in and head off around the world was a relatively unusual one, certainly none of our friends were doing it. … Continue reading The Final Blog
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Going home to do laundry
The journey home was long and exhausting. We had a layover in China and the security struck us as excessive in quantity and extraordinarily unfriendly in nature, and we were only transiting. The woman who was sat next to Caro on our second flight was clearly not a frequent flier; she kept leaning on the … Continue reading Going home to do laundry
“A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 2: France, Italy, Germany, France again and back to England
We’d stayed still for all of 12 hours so it was definitely time to move again and we were up with the sparrows on the Tuesday morning following the Bank holiday to fly to Nice and Caro’s parents’ house. This too was a pit-stop on the way to Italy for Caro’s brother’s wedding and on … Continue reading “A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 2: France, Italy, Germany, France again and back to England
“A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 1: England
We had had a truly incredible 7 months but we were ready for a break and, whilst we were a little saddened to think that part of our adventure was now over, we were very much looking forward to heading home to our family and friends, comfortable beds, reliable plumbing and food that we recognised. … Continue reading “A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 1: England
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