It seems every time we speak about our plans or reasons for travel to Sarah's parents I have this slight niggling internal paranoia that they think I have destroyed her carrer plans and will be dragging her off for a hippy lifestyle in the slums of India. To make them (and myslef feel) better I asked her to write a paragraph on why she wants to leave the endless joys of the Linde group...
The chance to travel the world? See new sights, Hear new things and Smell new smells? Pass through amazing countries full of new experiences, adventure, and maybe even the chance to 'make a difference'? Well, who could pass up an oppurtunity like that?
Conditions for travel: Arrange a saving plan, learn a new language, save, decide on a route, navigate german and russian websites, keep saving, change route, decide on a new one, quit our jobs, change route plan again, keep on saving!
With these conditions accepted and the prospect of not having to work another Monday morning for a good while, we threw ourselves into preparing our trip into the blue. What we are hoping to get out of our journey or what we are expecting to be when we come back are issues which we often discuss.......Prehaps a new fire in our bellies, an enthusiasm and energy for any task we set ourselves, a more open mind and I am sure a new level of patience and calm.
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All sounds valid to me! Not sure why you want to smell Sams smelly feet for that length of time however ... and looking at the polish health care it doesnt look like you'll get much help when his socks grow legs in the night and try to attack you but ... but hey no monday mornings is a strong perk!!
Am I paranoid? Probably. Career Plans? Not observed. Travel the world?.. some great quotes from Mark Twain:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover".
"Charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime".
So.. see the world; challenge your perceptions; maintain your understanding, patience and sense of humour; stay safe; and come home refreshed with stories to tell and goals to strive for!
Dad.
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