One of the biggest challenges of travel is food. In most of our travel, we would like to try the local cuisine as much as we can, but sometimes it gets old and tough for our body.
flOra was having a hard time eating local food in Indonesia and she had stomache for a week. She lost her appetite for food. Not knowing there were other options other than local Indonesian food, she was very sad and craving for some Hong Kong style dim sum.
One day, Dan wanted to bring her to a Chinese Dim Sum restaurant. flOra was so happy upon arriving the restaurant just by looking at the menu. She wanted to eat everything on the menu, but after two simple dishes, she already felt so satisfied.
That was our first Chinese meal after the first month of traveling in Indonesia. It was far from authentic but it was enough to cheer her up even though she was still not feeling well.
When Daniel was young, he had a dream: to have an extended honeymoon with the woman he loves.
He did not know how she looks or where is she from, but he wanted to spend the first year of his marriage with his wife.
Inspired by the Bible verse, Deuteronomy 24:5 : When a man get married. The first year he shall not call to war or business, but stay at home and please his wife.
He thought what if people actually do it?
Life is short and full of hustles. Soon we will have kids, pursuing career, earning money and the list goes on and on. If we are to be married for 50 years of our lives, 1 year out of 50 is only 2%. Why don't we devote one year to just focus on marriage, enjoy and learn about each other, build a strong foundation for marriage, and create the memories that we would never forget?
We would never have the first year of marriage back. If we rush back to work the next day after our wedding and be occupied with other priorities in life, will we get to know each other’s needs or spend quality time together? So me (flOra) and my husband Daniel decided to give our best time and attention to each other in our first year of marriage.
This is part of our One Year Travel stories, specifically to Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea. Enjoy our stories and visit our blog to know more:
http://www.floridanventure.com/blog
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