CURRENT MISSION

Travel through Europe

ABOUT ME

Last year, my mother retired after 40 years of working. In her life, she was never able to travel much. Rather, she lived her travel ambitions vicariously through me. She has been my biggest fan by always encouraging me to travel.

To start to say thank you, last year I proposed an idea to her: "Mom, come down to Panama. Help me run the apartment/hotel in Casco Viejo. We'll be super frugal. With the savings, we'll take a trip. You can pick the destination(s). I just want to pick the travel style - independent, creative, and on a budget."

Very little persuasion was needed. In no time, she flew down to Panama and helped me run the 4Tulipanes. She was my co-pilot. I ran the operations, while she charmed the guests. We crushed it. It was a banter year for the company.

During that year, we discussed the various travel itineraries. I floated a few trips like China/Japan, Australia/New Zealand, safaris in South Africa. Her response: "Evan, I really want to go to France and Italy. I've dreamed about traveling there since I was a little girl."

Europe - sounds good to me. Scotland and Spain are very high on my bucket list. As an adolescent, Theodore Roosevelt once traveled an entire year with his family through Europe. I'd say his life ended up pretty good.

My mom and I are tapping into every travel resource available. This blog will post our travel progress. I'm reactivating my dormant Couchsurfing.org account. My mom has been active to her account on TrustedHouseSitters.com.

In fact, we already have a house sitting assignment in the English countryside during Christmas. And according to the last email I read from my mom, we might have a house sitting assignment in Cyprus during the month of January. This makes my decision to pack a peacot to protect against the harsh European winters look like a foolish one. But saying no is forbidden while on the road.

The plan is to have NO plan. We are going to travel until the money runs out. So, help us by letting us surf with you.

Ciao.

PHILOSOPHY

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty "

"Fight the good fight."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed with:
Kent Davis: Panama City, Panama
Manuel Arias: Medellin, Colombia
Rafael Mendez: Bogota, Colombia
Jaime Yela: Cali, Colombia
Francisco Crespo: Quito, Ecuator
Alvaro Sarmiento: Lima, Peru
Natalia and Pedro: Montevideo, Uruguay
Marceu Simoes: Florianopolis, Brasil

Met up with:
Jesse Choquette: Panama City, Panama
Iftah Peretz: Bogota, Colombia
Adriana GarciaHerreros: Bogota, Colombia
Sarah Luna Pelot-Hobbs: The Colombia boarder
Ivette Choquesillo: Quito, Ecuator and Lima, Peru
Helen Medina: Arequipa, Peru
Justin LaPenter: Cusco , Peru
Erez Gotlieb; Potosi, Bolivia

Interests

Much more info on my blog - EyeOnTheRoad.com

• running
• traveling
• blogging

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My travel blog: www.eyeontheroad.com

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Panama, United States

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