Big news! I leave tomorrow to head back to the States, stopping for a few days in New York City on my way home to Texas. After ten months and seventeen countries, this fantastic journey is coming to an end for me. Kelly comes home shortly after another week in Spain.
Obviously, we are waaaaay behind on the blog. Part of it has to do with us just being lazy, but mostly it’s because we’ve been trying to enjoy the rest of our time abroad and not spend too much time sitting in front of the computer. However, seeing as I have no job when I get home, I’ll have plenty of free time to work on the site and get all our stories and photos posted.
We can’t wait to share our adventures from Turkey (which we LOVED), Jordan, the Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Spain, and Portugal. I hope that you will keep reading about the rest of our travels and how we adjust to getting back to ‘the real world’.
Personally, I have very mixed emotions about coming home. Of course I am excited beyond words to see my family, my friends, my boyfriend (who I haven’t seen in TEN fricken months), get back to Austin for some proper tex-mex and a margarita, and have my very own bathroom. But…another part of me is extremely sad that this whole crazy journey is over. It’s been a hell of a year, and I’m interested to see how Kelly and I cope to getting back into a ‘normal’ routine and not being together 24/7. I’ll be sure and let you know how it all goes down…Kelly will have her own post about her feelings on going home as well, so stay tuned for that.
On that note, I would like to say thank you to my sister. Looking back, I can’t even begin to imagine doing this trip without her. She’s been my compass (literally), my backpack guardian while I went to pee, my translator, my comic relief, my confidant, and my best friend for the past year. Thanks for being your amazing self and chucking it all to live my dream with me…I love you!
Sisters Astray 
Looking forward to hearing all about your trip. And looking forward to celebrating your return @ Ronnie & Sarah’s next month!
Kim, your blog has been so wonderful to read for the last 10 months! I’ll miss your adventures. Welcome home, welcome back and I’m so glad you and your sister will be home safe and sound! What a whirl wind adventure…I lived vicariously through you for the last 10 months, thank you!
I’m really interested to hear how you two adjust back to normal life too, if only because I’ll need tips for myself in a few months. And you two have nothing on being behind on blogging — I haven’t even posted the stuff from Australia or the latter part of New Zealand yet. :p
I totally get how not being on the road anymore would be bittersweet, but enjoy being home!
Oh My God!!! yay for you guys!!! can’t wait to hear all about it, email me sometime fill me in on all the goss!! seen as i’m not on facebook anymore!!!
Love you guys! xx
Kim, look me up when you get settled. I’m downtown near whole foods.