We also needed to pre-determine when and how we would need Eurail and Britrail passes so that we could get these 'in hand' before we left. Lastly, we needed to plan our route through Australia and New Zealand so that we could also have these tickets sent to us prior to our departure. This has helped tremendously. Next we had visa's to secure, shots to get, simple things like selling our cars, renting our home, finding a kind heart to temporarily adopt our cat, making sure our financial issues were in order, finding an insurance policy to cover us world-wide, and of course shopping for all the clothes and neat stuff we'll need along the way. Hopefully, this experience can now be shared by all people who know what travel really means.
Travel is freedom.
It's recess, and we need it. Experiencing the real thing requires catching it by surprise, going casual . . Through the Back Door. Extroverts have more fun. If your trip is low on magic moments, kick yourself and make make things happen.