A major part of traveling is the people, particularly with the work away stays. The foundation of the experience is work but the tapestry is woven by the people who you are with. The work is infused with questions, stories, sagas banter and laughter which quickly melts the boundaries of language, race, gender, sexuality or culture. There is a vulnerability in new environements that opens the floor for emotional intimacy if your are willing to go there. Or maybe the folks who choose these experiences are already on the trajectory of self exploration and jump in to the opportunity. Regardless, this is the magic that deepens my experience from travel to connection.   
Each workaway experience is a random roll of the dice for participants. We are a diverse group: our resident spaniard, the non-binary couple from wisconsin, a solo female traveler from South Africa, an energy healer, an anarchist and me.  And so it happens that over cutting carob we dive into the juicy details of life; from beliefs around god, to status in high school, our relationships with parents to quantum physics and entanglement!  

These moments, these tender moments of sharing stories and seeing deeper into the complexities of each other, touch my soul. They remind me that whatever experience I step into – whatever my first impression – it will usually bloom into something memorable.

And now forever my connection to carob is transformed…….