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Simple pleasures, such as eating fresh vegetables and unpeeled fruit, were a staple in my life before this trip. Granted, I didn’t usually give them much thought. Why bother being grateful about eating a freshly washed lettuce leaf or unpeeled carrot? It’s no big thing, right?
Well, no, actually it’s a privilege. You see, we haven’t been able to eat fresh vegetables for eight months, for fear of potential pathogens. Fruit is the same way. The old traveling adage goes: If you can’t peel it, boil it or cook it, you shouldn’t eat it.
So we didn’t, until now. Martin was able to catch me eating my first apple, as pictured above. I know it sounds lame, but I’d forgotten how great it feels to eat an unpeeled apple. I was like one of those babies that carries around their apple core for hours after they’ve finished eating it. I was in fresh produce heaven.
It doesn’t take much to make me happy these days – a welcome side effect of this trip. It’s the simple things, like the crunch of an apple, that bring a smile to my face.
Life is good.
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You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
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