Archive | January, 2009
Turkey Itinerary
Our plan is to start our holiday in Turkey toward the end of September and stay until the end of October – should be almost 6 weeks. One of our goals is to not be in any one place during the ‘busy’ season, and I think Turkey in October meets that goal (hee hee…’Turkey in October’ [...]
Continue reading...21 Days…Ready, Set, Move!
24. January 2009
Well, we finalized a deal on our home on Thursday and agreed to some crazy short timelines on the closing. 21 days…that’s how long we have to find a place to live, pack up all our stuff, and move. Yep, that’s right, we don’t have a place to move to yet. Luckily, J and I [...]
Continue reading...Insuring A Good Time
17. January 2009
I have read of travelers heading out without travel insurance. They say that medical care is cheap in foreign lands. They say that should anything happen to them they would get themselves back home and rely on the requirement of their local hospitals to help them. I say they are being naive, short-sighted, and irresponsible. Are [...]
Continue reading...Germany Itinerary
10. January 2009
With only 3 weeks to spend in Germany, we will have to be selective in what we see in order to travel at a relaxed pace, see some urban and country sights, and to include some family visiting in too. Although we haven’t firmed up plans with family connections yet our hope is that our, [...]
Continue reading...Start the Countdown!!
3. January 2009
5 months!! Did you hear me? I said 5, count them…five months until we take our first Giant Step! One, two, three, four, five…does that sound like very many to you? It doesn’t to me! Of course, we’ve been counting down since we first made this decision in April 2008, and you’ve been counting down [...]
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Wanna-be expat. Giant Stepper. 
Welcome to OneGiantStep.
I'm Gillian. In 2009 my partner, Jason, and I set out to travel the world for a year.
Now we're looking for something more long term; a place outside of our 'home and native land' to hang our hat; another Giant Step along the path.
Come along as we figure out where to go and how to get there.
31. January 2009
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