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From South to West!

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  From South to West! We have arrived to EUROPE! Wow, still feels quite surreal…and the jet lag is upon us! We said our goodbyes to South and Central America (for now…) and after another 25 hour travel day, said hello to our next continent.  Over the last month, we left Ecuador and flew to Costa Rica to meet up with my family and some friends. It was a great reunion after a year to see some familiar faces and get some in-person hugs! We had a great place to stay right on the pacific coast, but also got to spend some time in the jungle. We saw sloths, monkeys, crocodiles, vipers, frogs, and LOTS of iguanas. We did some really cool excursions like hiking/swimming to a beautiful and powerful waterfall, zip lining over the water in a deep canyon, boat cruises, and a little surfing. Most of all, it was great to have time to reconnect and just be together.   Fast forward to current time - We arrived in Lisbon, Portugal about a week ago and have made our way north stopping along...

A Year Ago Today

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  A Year Ago Today Today marks my first day as a 32 year-old…and also exactly 1 YEAR since leaving the United States!!! So, where are they now? Who are they now? What comes next? And what will Connor’s next hairstyle be? These are the true questions on this episode of… A Year Ago Today.  I know it’s cliche to say, but as usual TIME DOES FLY. We left a year ago from Phoenix the day after celebrating my birthday with my family (eating some delicious Thai food for a send off). It feels like just a month ago we were there and yet an entire year filled with travel has happened in between.  Let’s reflect: Started in Patagonia Chile in April 2025 (their fall time) - very cold and rainy, lived in an old sheep shed, no heating, lots of good hard/physical labor, ate predominately meat for 1 month (shout-out carnivore diet), were on our own for cooking/eating, started our relationship with Yerba mate, and really got to experience the EXACT opposite of our “comfortable” life we were ...