an effort to keep our marriage healthy while out on the race, we made the
decision before the race to try to continue to have our “date nights”
just as we did while in the States.
Knowing that it might be difficult to have a date on a weekly basis out
on the race, we determined that at the very least we would spend the last night
in each country on a date. We thought it
would be fun to, instead of buying souvenirs with our personal spending money
each month, buy an authentic outfit from each country to wear out on our
monthly dates. This is a collection of
pics of our outfits/dates from throughout the year.
We had a delicious breakfast at the Mexico City Embassy Suites, courtesy of a
free voucher we had leftover from a stay in the States on our anniversary the
year before.
and enjoyed walking around Panajachel the rest of the evening.
dinner…cocktails, appetizers, main course, and dessert all at different
places. Then we walked around the night
market.
outfit for Thailand and have a date night in the comfort of
“home.” We ordered pizza and
watched a movie on our laptop.
England – We had a few days off between
Christmas and New Years, so we had a couple date days and spent them touring
the sites of London. Since England was
an unexpected stop on the race, we had no winter clothing with us. So, we didn’t buy any traditional outfits
here, as we spent our personal spending money for the month on buying jackets,
scarves, hats, etc. to keep warm.
received as gifts from the people at the church we worked with in
Mozambique…can’t get more authentic than that.
There wasn’t a place for us to go out to on our date since we were in
the Bush, so we had a delicious dinner made by our contact, Jonathan, complete
with grass mats and citronella candles on the front porch of Jurie’s
farmhouse.
Swaziland – Unfortunately we thought we would
be coming back to Swazi after being there for the Vision Trip. Plans changed and we did not have the
pleasure of returning, so we never had a chance to have our date in this beautiful
country.
were able to get away to a nice part of Johannesburg for the night, walk around
Nelson Mandela Square, and have a fancy dinner out at Bull Run to celebrate our
anniversary.
Bull Run that for our traditional date night in South Africa, we went back,
only this time we wore our South African garb.
the local magazine (store) for some ice cream, Gypsy style.
Moldova – We did not have a chance to find any
traditional outfits here, nor did we have the time to go on a date.
Ukraine – We opted to spend our personal
spending money for the month on a nice outfit for our end of the year banquet
with our squad instead of buying traditional Ukrainian clothing. This is us at the banquet with the other two married couples who made up our small team this year.
