THE PLAN
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006So I’ve been asked many times recently “How do you decide where to go for a year?” It’s not easy to decide and our plan has evolved over the past 10 months. But here are some of our goals:
1. Travel to places that we would never go in a “normal” two week vacation
2. Visit places and cultures that are changing
3. Meet and interact with locals as much as possible
4. Relax and reflect on our lives
5. Visit as many friends as possible
6. Live like Anthony Bourdain (Be travelers, not tourists and try just about anything once)
So this is what we’ve come up with base on these criteria:
EASTERN EUROPE (~2 MONTHS)
It’s changing quickly (some areas faster than others) and has some stunning scenery and amazing history. We fly into Sarajeveo, Bosnia and then plan on heading to the cost of Croatia and Montenegro (the world’s newest country!). Sarajevo is a dynamic city where cultures interact and sometime collide (as we all know). The Croatian coast is often described as “Italy in the 60’s” Laid back, beautiful, and very friendly. We then plan on heading North through Slovenia, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland and back to the Czech republic, ending in Vienna, where we fly out of to India> [read on]
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