Episode 48: International Travel After 40 and Creating Your Own Milestones
Frequent LEGT traveler Danielle and longtime best friend Nikki have racked up 28 years of friendship. In this episode, the two 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.
They also share stories about 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, the surprising benefits of breakfast soup, and the quiet cave in Viñales where they scattered Danielle's dad's ashes.
But this conversation is about way more than a trip recap. It's about lifelong female friendship that actually lifts you up, choosing joy in hard places, and why "the timing's never right" is a terrible reason to keep putting off the world.
If you need a reminder that the best stories rarely come from staying in your comfort zone, this episode is for you.
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