So we've been back barely a couple weeks and now another branch of the family's traveling internationally between continents. And I can't get enough of it. I'm following along every morning. 😊
It's a huge undertaking, the flight time for which is six hours and change and then eight hours and change. To start.
Once again, I'm behind the times when it comes to apps. Last time it was WhatsApp that most of my family and friends in Holland use. For ten years or more, as it turns out. Enough time's gone by of me not using the app that one of my cousins was visibly perplexed I wasn't on board yet.
Gave me The Look, you know?
This time around, the app's from a Dutch company called Polarsteps that hasn't been around too long. The app's for documenting adventure... which my family's definitely taking.
From my end at this point, I can see an itinerary. I see where they're starting. I see where and when they're traveling. And I'll see it all in real time as they adventure from destination to destination.
Each destination (like the airport and then the next airport) will be documented by photographs and text, essentially a travel blog with real-time map data and comments.
My family's leaving tomorrow so right now their adventure hasn't started yet. Of course it's started. They're just not on the road yet. To this point it's all been preparation.
Now, we're at the tail end of our day so they're at the start of theirs. It's Thursday night in our home, Friday morning in theirs. A lot of the logistics of getting out of their homes is what's going on right now, I'm guessing.
For me, at some point in our tomorrow, Friday, I'm gonna following along on their serialized adventure much like newspaper readers of old.