Burst Your Travel Bubble

We wanted something more than a bucket list.

Instead, we made a list of experiences that would somehow change us, help us grow, or get us out of our comfort zone. The list is not as simple as:

   1) Go to Germany and 1) Go to Germany

   2) Sky dive in New Zealand and 2) Sky dive in New Zealand

but more complex like: 

   3) Go to a bar and drink with the locals. 

Sounds simple. And odd. While many of the things on the list are, the third goal requires us to push ourselves to talk to people we don’t know, to reach out and make a connection, which is better than simply completing the act of stepping inside a country or doing an activity. Hopefully, most of it just happens naturally, but there are certain bubbles that we all travel with. Some people can’t stay at a hotel with less than 4 stars. Some travellers just cannot eat the local food. Staying in your own travel bubble is comfortable. There are tons of excuses not to push yourself: “We only have a week, I just want to relax, I won’t try it because it looks weird.”  But on a trip like this we want to burst ours. Our bubble is starting off quite small but it’s only going to get bigger as we keep finding things that will challenge us (Like when we picked up hitchhikers in Iceland – pop!) I want and expect to be put in uncomfortable situations. It is only through these kind of experiences and how you deal with them, will you grow. We’re going to start with the little things (and fun ones) and we’ll keep adding to this list as we go! Hopefully each one we complete will bring a new story. The best part of travel is getting to do things you normally wouldn’t do so let’s get poppin’!

Let us know: What experience would burst your travel bubble?