<p><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">8181이면 좋았을 것을? </span><br><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">8080을 계획했었는데, 코로나 때문에 그렇게 되었답니다~^^</span><br><br><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">미국 텍사스 동향인 엘리 햄비(Ellie Hamby, 다큐멘터리 사진작가)와 샌디 해이즐립(Sandy Hazelip, 내과의사이자 강사)</span><br><br><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">여행기를 기록한 블로그에 따르면, 1월 11일 시작한 80대 할머니들 모험의 첫 기착지는 남극. 이틀간 갖은 고생을 했지만, CNN과의 인터뷰에선 'It was just wild', 'just, this was amazing'이라 했다죠. 이후 7개 대륙, 18개 국가를 여행했구요. </span><br><br><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">80을 넘어서기 4년 전 처음 세계 여행을 구상했을 때의 테마는 고인이 된 남편들을 위한 헌정(We miss you and wish you were joining our adventure). 코로나도 이들의 의지를 꺾지 못했으니 이번 여행의 테마는 이렇게 정했답니다. 'At 81 and still on the run'</span><br><br><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">세계 여행을 하면서 단 한번의 다툼도 없었던 비결은 무엇이었을까? 언어의 장벽은 어떻게 극복했을까? 여행 중 부상을 당하면 어떻게 하지? 등등에 대한 조언들이 기사에 담겨있습니다. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">(기사 참조)</span><br><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/81-year-bes" target="_top" class="ke-link">https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/81-year-bes</a><a style="color: #285292; background-color: #ffffff;" href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/81-year-best-friends-travel-world-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" class="ke-link"><span data-ke-size="size14">t-friends-travel-world-trnd/index.html</span></a><br><br><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">나이 81세 </span><br><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;" data-ke-size="size16">휴식이 아닌 모험 여행하기에 완벽한 나이라면서 다음 여행을 계획하고 있답니다.</span></p>
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첫댓글Hazelip told CNN that she met Hamby after her husband died in 1999. Before his death, he “planted the seed in my heart that we should start taking our grandsons on mission trips in the summer,” she said. This led her to the Zambia Medical Mission, a project run by Hamby and her husband in southern Africa.
The two bonded over their shared interest in travel and commitment to prioritizing unique experiences over comfort and amenities while abroad. Both became closer as widows after Hamby’s husband died in 2005.
And despite the challenges international travel presents, the best friends say they finished their trip without any arguments.
“We’re both independent, very stubborn. But we seem to allow each other to give space,” said Hamby. “We just understand each other and we know this is a good thing we’re doing and we kind of respect each other’s feelings.”
You know, people ask us often about the language, how we manage it,” said Hamby. “We say with Sandy and Ellie, there’s one language and that’s a smile. And we found that worked wonders because we were often aware that there was not English spoken. But a smile covers all languages.
Aside from some small concessions – like deciding not to ride a motorbike in Bali because of concerns about falling – they said their age didn’t affect their itinerary abroad. They said felt confident that if they were injured on their trip, their children “would have been at peace knowing that we were doing what w
첫댓글 Hazelip told CNN that she met Hamby after her husband died in 1999. Before his death, he “planted the seed in my heart that we should start taking our grandsons on mission trips in the summer,” she said. This led her to the Zambia Medical Mission, a project run by Hamby and her husband in southern Africa.
The two bonded over their shared interest in travel and commitment to prioritizing unique experiences over comfort and amenities while abroad. Both became closer as widows after Hamby’s husband died in 2005.
And despite the challenges international travel presents, the best friends say they finished their trip without any arguments.
“We’re both independent, very stubborn. But we seem to allow each other to give space,” said Hamby. “We just understand each other and we know this is a good thing we’re doing and we kind of respect each other’s feelings.”
You know, people ask us often about the language, how we manage it,” said Hamby. “We say with Sandy and Ellie, there’s one language and that’s a smile. And we found that worked wonders because we were often aware that there was not English spoken. But a smile covers all languages.
Aside from some small concessions – like deciding not to ride a motorbike in Bali because of concerns about falling – they said their age didn’t affect their itinerary abroad. They said felt confident that if they were injured on their trip, their children “would have been at peace knowing that we were doing what w