Miami, Florida, June 8, 2003 — Ten years ago today, on June 8, 2003, Sherri and I started our 1-year (mis)adventures around the world, flying from Miami to Quito, Ecuador. Here’s picture #1 from the trip, a photograph of the still unused round-the-world airline tickets we would be using for the year.
I didn’t realize it until we hit the road, but the cloud of 9/11 still shadowed us. Almost 2 years had passed.
I remember that well. Everywhere we went, starting in our Spanish language school in Quito, 9/11 was the first thing anybody asked us about when they heard we were from NYC.