3 years ago today we set out on an adventure which lead to a series of wonderful outcomes.

I now live in Rio de Janeiro, am married, and have a son. From the beginning I knew that there wasn’t going to be any trip or adventure which was going to be able to top our adventure through Europe. Although, this outcome was never expected. An 18 month trip around the world, which turned into a 4 month trip through Europe, which turned into getting married and having a son with a girl I met in Prague. You know, you can never really predict these things… but we definitely outdid ourselves.

In Europe, something changed… and 8 days ago, something changed again. I remember Jordan and I sitting on the Rhine River, an hour south of Frankfurt, riding bikes to the top of a vineyard. I remember sitting there and looking at the booklet we were given by the manager of the hostel we were staying in. One quote caught my attention: “The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.”

I was told yesterday that nothing would ever beat Europe. I’d like to say that is true, but it simply isn’t. For me at least. Europe was simply the setting and the stage. The greatest adventure is the one happening right now, and the one which will occupy the rest of my existence. The one which gives me a greater satisfaction than anything else to date.

The best has arrived…