During our trip, we had a great time, learned a ton about a wide ranges of cultures, saw every climate (besides tundra) we could imagine, and experienced new sights, smells, colors, textures, languages, smiles, and facial hair styles. From all this, we realized how lucky we are to have the lives we live in the US, and the friends and family we share it with.
Recap of our route:
Turkey > Armenia > Croatia > Morocco > Portugal > Norway > Canada > Cuba
Along the way, we learned a lot about ourselves, as well as a few lessons for long-ish international travel. Without any further ado, here’s our key parting thoughts:
1) Everyone should do a trip like this (and definitely couples!)
2) You should spend at least 2.5 days in each city you visit, but more than that would often be better, depending on the city
3) Changing countries every week and a half was pretty nuts, especially with new cities every 1-3 days within that; we’d recommend at least two weeks per country, and longer stays in each city so you have more time to really soak it in, and slow down once in a while, instead of just trying to hit everything and bolt to the next town.
Until our next journey!
Güle güle! [Turkish]
Ցտեսություն! [Armenian]
Doviđenja! [Croatian]
وداعا! [Moroccan / Arabic]
Adeus! [Portuguese]
Farvel! [Norwegian]
Goodbye, eh! [Canadian]
iAdios! [Cuban]
-G & J