Connie's World Adventure!

Hi, and welcome to my blog!

I'm Connie, I think I probably still qualify as a millennial, and I am a native Coloradan/more recent New Yorker who has recently decided to take a break from working in the finance world to travel.

Because I love traveling! After a decade of week-long trips max, (the pesky work thing really gets in the way), I longed to be able to spend more quality time seeing all the world has to offer. We really do live in the most incredible world, and I want to see it all. That's not like, hard, is it?

Yes.

The savings I've been putting away since I started working. Honestly, I think my first blog commenter (a former co-worker and soon-to-be former friend) summarized it best: "Have fun spending all that money you saved living with roommates into your 30's."

I tried to choose places that were a combo of 1.) Places I've always wanted to go; 2.) Adventurous, and 3.) Places I wouldn't normally have the luxury of spending a lot of time exploring. I.e. Eastern Europe, because it's so easy to work your way from north-south and hit a ton of freakishly gorgeous countries; SE Asia because I love love this area and people and typically Asia is such a trek from the East Coast when you have limited days off from work; Africa because Africa.

Anyone who knows me knows that I love planning. Lists and Excel spreadsheets are my jam. I started with a long list of all the countries I was dying to go to first, then pared it down slowly. I then compared these locations with other set events this year, i.e. friends' trips, weddings, family events - and slowly built a schedule of travel around events that had set locations. I literally have an Excel file of every area I'm visiting. Unrelated, also one on NYC restaurants. If you wanna see, just ask.