Now that it’s been a little while since our 15-month trip has ended, we have had some time to look back and reflect on our incredible adventure. This blog has been a great way to share our journey and we wanted to thank all of you for following along. We have been back in New […]
The Welcoming World We Live In
Last September we were just a few weeks into our trip and were staying with Christina’s friend in Berlin. One morning, we were taking a walk and ran into a couple she knew. We stopped to talk and the subject of our trip came up. After discussing our itinerary and future plans for a few […]
Updated FAQs
Before we left for the trip in August, we posted a list of frequently asked questions we had been receiving about the planning and trip preparation process. Now that we’ve been on the road for six months, we wanted to share an updated FAQ list. If there’s anything you are curious about, feel free to […]
Reflecting on our Volunteer Experience i...
“India is a land of contrasts” the coordinator of our volunteer program told us during orientation. This became evident to us immediately. The wealth gap stretches way beyond what most other countries experience. On the street you will see women dressed in the most beautiful sarees in every color of the rainbow, but you will […]
Our Introduction to India
Thirty-one hours from Cappadocia, Turkey, to Amritsar, India. Four flights, three shuttles, and one auto-rickshaw ride got us to within three blocks of our hotel, but that’s as far as they would take us. We were dropped off in the middle of an intersection near a police barricade, our driver pointed us in the general […]