Category Archives: About us

Group Travel-So You Think it’s not for You? Think Again.

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For this post, and several more to come, I am going to talk a little bit about my employer, Grand European Tours, and the tours Jim & I have experienced with them. Yes, this is a bit of a deviation from the normal content, but never fear, I’ll still be talking travel!

I started with Grand European Tours in 1997 and have been with them since that time, except for the two year period when we were on our RTW trip. Many of my fellow employees are also good friends and, being a small company, a type of family. Continue reading →

The Difference Between the Life You Live and the Live you Choose

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On our quest for a life less ordinary, we are always searching out those who inspire us, whether it be fellow travelers, authors, or even movies. We thrive on others who are CHOOSING their life, rather than following the path of least resistance.

Over the course of our journey we have received a great deal of support from friends and family, even when they didn’t understand our motivations.

We have just as often dealt with the cynicism of the majority. The naysayers who said we were crazy. The critics who “knew” all would end in tragedy. The negative voices who whispered phrases such as “this must be a mid-life crisis”. Continue reading →

Hello world!

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Welcome to The Next Big Adventure! When we backpacked around the world  in 2007-2008 we realized we wanted to live a life less ordinary and The Next Big Adventure was conceived. With more & more travelers staying on the road longer, volunteering, blogging their way along, we also strive to become location independent. We do not want a life tied to a cubicle and 2 weeks of vacation. We don’t want to be people “living for the weekend’, we want to live life large everyday!

We’re just starting this website, having chronicled our previous trip on the bootsnall.com blog The Adventures of Jim and Rhonda, so we hope you follow us along on our quest for a life with no regrets.