At long last, we made it home. Back to our real homes, back to our real lives. For the two and a half months we were on the road, we lived in an almost fictitious world of adventure. “Home” was wherever we laid our heads down for the night. And the “point” of life was simply travel. For a brief moment, we lived without deadlines, obligations, or demands. We were free from the stress of trying to further our academic careers or make money. And let me to tell you, it felt good. We saw some of the world’s most treasured landmarks. The Eiffel Tower, the Hanging Houses, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, David, the Cinque Terre, the beaches of Greece, Mont St. Michel, the Masai Mara… The list goes on and on. The visual and
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