Comments on: A Week-in-the-Life of Erin & Simon: Never Ending Voyage

By: Dani | Globetrottergirls

Dani | Globetrottergirls — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:09:23 +0000

What an exciting week! It’s great to get a peak into other travelers’ lives – really enjoying this series, Nora.

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:12:29 +0000

@Erin – Ha Ha! Does ANYBODY have a good work/travel balance?! I’ve yet to meet any location independent traveler who feels truly satisfied with their routines/balances all around. Takers, anyone??? 🙂

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:40:03 +0000

@Cam It was actually really fun to write down our day in such detail every day.

@Nora We so don’t have a good work/travel balance (see our latest post!) but we are working on it.

By: Michael Hodson

Michael Hodson — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:00:05 +0000

some great folks here — and glad to hear the downs, to go along with the ups.

By: Bluegreen Kirk

Bluegreen Kirk — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:32:40 +0000

I would much rather have your week than to be sitting in a cubicle. Sounds so wonderful great post.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:50:45 +0000

Great write up of a typical week! We can definitely relate (and commiserate). It isn’t always easy on the road – transport is uncomfortable, hotels are booked, weather is lousy, and sleep is lacking.

Although this was a week off for you guys, there are sill things going on (like selling a house!) where a little connectivity certainly helps and can be quite frustrating when you expect a connection and nothing really works.

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:06:08 +0000

@Erin – Thanks to YOU for writing about a week in your life! Travel does tend to have its up and downs, but thankfully it’s mostly “ups”! And thanks for the clarification on work; some people work as they go, while others stay in one spot to get lots of work done before traveling onwards and seeing the sights before settling down again for more work. It looks like you two have a good balance.

@Cam – Try it! In fact, I’d be delighted if you submitted a week-in-your-life to me! Feel free to contact me if you’re interested and I’ll send you some general guidelines.

By: Cam

Cam — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:51:13 +0000

I’m impressed at the detail!
It’s interesting to see the day and week progress, I can’t remember the last time I tracked my day – it seems like a fun exercise

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:02:47 +0000

Thanks for featuring us Nora! Although we tried to be honest and say all the bad things that happened that week, it was actually a pretty good week! We loved Jardin and the Salento walk was a lot of fun despite the rain.

When we have been settled for a few months it takes a while to get used to hostels and bus rides again.

I should also note that it was a week off for us as we’d just had 2 months of intensive work. Usually there’s more work in there!