LOL – *blushing*……of course we did! TBEX was a bit of a blur for me. 😉

Finally meet? My dear Nora we met before — albeit briefly — at TBEX in Toronto. Guess I need to start making a better first impression hahaha 😛

Hey Bob,
Likewise – it was a real pleasure to connect with you in person in Pisac!
I’m glad you’ve found a good rhythm of travel for yourselves. I’m also not very fond of the actual act of travel, which made some of my more hectic travel years (ie: 2010 – where I spent an average of 5 nights in any one bed) pretty tiring overall.
I hope you enjoy Morocco (a place I haven’t been to yet) and your onward travels as well. Let’s see where our paths cross again! 🙂

Since then we spent three months in Malaga, Spain, and now we’re in Tangier, Morocco for a couple of months. Next it’s Las Terrenas in the Dominican Republic for two months, then Bergen Norway for three months. Add those to Italy, Ecuador, and Peru, where we’ve already been, and that will make seven countries in two years.

Our method of settling in to each place for 2-3 months, really suits us, as, unlike many people, we really don’t enjoy the actual process of travel itself that much. But we love having a new “home” every few months!

Thank you for all the inspiration of your blogs and posts.

Bob

Hey Derek!
I love writing these retrospective posts, since we can get caught up in the ordinances of daily life and sometimes forget how blessed we are! Glad you realized 2015 was a pretty awesome year for yourself as well.
As for my residency, it’s not a done deal yet, but hopefully soon! Maybe we’ll (finally) meet in Peru someday…. 😉

I also had similar feelings as 2015 came to a close…having spent the entire year in six countries (and only two of them new) I can totally relate to your initial feeling of 2015 not being a big traveling year. It was only after writing about it that I realized it was a busy year, just not anywhere near what I had originally planned.

Anyway, cheers to 2016 and best wishes, always 🙂