2012: Year of the World Tour

Were you hoping for the year of the cookie?

Bummer.  I do hate to disappoint.  But trust me, this is something much bigger than cookies.

Last year, John and I decided we want to travel the world.  Sure, we’ve been on our share of international journeys (I’ve hit 28 countries so far), but we’re ready for something more extended.

This year we’ve decided to take advantage of how low maintenance our lives are right now (no kids, no property, no 9-5 jobs) and create an adventure for ourselves.  An adventure in traveling the globe slowly, living in cities or countries for weeks at a time, intermingled with small stints as tourists.  12 months of being international vagab0nds.

Here’s the gist of the plan.  At the end of April we’re moving out of our Denver apartment, putting our furniture in storage, and dropping the cat off at my parents.  For May, June and July we’ll be floating around Colorado and the midwest, visiting family and friends, attending some important weddings, and photographing a few last events.  Then in late July/early August, we’re outta here.

We’re still tweaking our international route, and leaving a good amount of freedom for exploring and changing our minds along the way.  But generally speaking, we’ll be starting out in South and Central America and moving west around the globe.

For the next four months you can expect the same standard posts around her, but in May things will start to get more interesting.  Most of my travel posts will live on my other blog:  food.tracycarolyn.com.  If you haven’t already subscribed to or bookmarked this website, do it now.  There might be more information there that you are interested in than just recipes.

I will still be accessible while abroad, and have worked out a system to ensure you can still order prints, albums and DVDs while I am gone.  If you have any questions or concerns, please send them my way.  Happy 2012!