Episode 48: International Travel After 40 and Creating Your Own Milestones

Best friends since sixth grade, Danielle and Nikki have racked up 28 years of friendship — and in this episode, they recap January's Cuba trip, which doubled as Nikki's 40th birthday gift to herself and her first international trip since 2007.

They get into the complicated beauty of Cuba, why traveling to support the Cuban people beats the sanitized resort version, and how they made new friends without disappearing into their own friendship bubble. There's also the night their classic car broke down on a pitch-black road (fixed, somehow, with cigarette smoke and a tree branch), a poolside foot massage situation, a surprising devotion to breakfast soup, and the quiet cave in Viñales where they scattered Danielle's dad's ashes.

Equal parts hilarious and heartfelt. A reminder that the best stories rarely come from staying in your comfort zone.