dripping with passion

^^ about to board number 25 of our 27 flights – headed home at the conclusion of a truly epic adventure. ^^ this post concludes my documentation of #charianaroundtheworld. huzzah!! it has been really fun for me to compose these many posts about our adventures abroad, and i hope it has been somewhat fun to read them as well! :) i’m sure we will be reflecting on this crazy awesome trip for many years to come, but now i’m on to blogging about our summertime in the united states of america and hope to be up to date to our new life in the united kingdom before too long. as the boy and i approach our first anniversary, i’m just blown away at how amazing this year has been. we feel tremendously privileged to have been able to travel so much together and to get to start a new life in one of the world’s most incredible cities. but our greatest blessings are the ones that aren’t exotic and can’t be captured in photographs: our love for each other, our relationships with other humans, and...

yes, spending the last few days of our around the world trip on tropical islands was a gooooood move. on our concluding saturday, we went on a day trip to isla isabela, where we saw lots of giant galapagos tortoises (seriously so neat) and tons of other wildlife, hung out on the most pristine beautiful white sand beach, and swam with penguins and sea lions! on the final day of our travels (besides one and a half more spent almost exclusively on a plane/in an airport), we went to church with the wonderful saints on santa cruz island, walked to tortuga bay and strolled along the beach, and packed up our backpacks one last time. visiting the galapagos islands was like a little kiss on the cheek to end our epic adventure. ^^ we took several of these “ferry” rides in between islands. we usually took a dramamine pill before each ride because they were bumpy – and a couple of hours long! i just kind of love how everyone was packed in and usually 90% of the people fell asleep during...