Bob and Kathy
Bob was born, raised and educated in Philadelphia. He has two brothers and a younger sister adopted from South Korea. His family is loving, quirky and most are lawyers. They vacationed when he was a kid but, like most Philadelphians, it was " down the shore." Bob loved Long Port, NJ and has many great memories. This is where Bob honed the "Gaming" skills (that is gambling to normal folks) which he learned from his Dad. These skills have proven their worth in all parts of his life.
I was born and raised in small town Camp Hill in central PA. I have three sisters and we lived a typical middle class/ hard working lifestyle. My parents worked hard to provide us with a catholic school education and to send us all to college and beyond. When we vacationed, it was a two week camping trip to the same location just miles from home. When we splurged it was a camping trip to Maine or Canada. But it was those simple trips that I remember so fondly. How my mother did it with three very young kids I don't know.
When Bob and I met we were both working as criminal defense lawyers in Philadelphia. We worked hard at a sometimes difficult job, we both loved it and hated it at the same time. Bob was the gregarious, fun loving, hardworking public defender and I was the young, single, almost only private female defense lawyer in town. Our first dates were "running" dates and quick dinners to rehydrate. Bob understood me and we feel in love. Bob quit the public defenders office to open his own law office. He worked long hours to build his own business and fortunately was successful.
We soon began to talk about our life together. Marriage was the plan but how, when and where were the questions. For many reasons, we ultimately decided to elope. What followed was our "Moon-Honey"
We told no one of our ultimate plan and started our travels in London then moved on to Paris, Florence and then to Siena, Tuscany, central Italy where we were married by an Associate Mayor at Piazza del Campo in the Palazzo Pubblico. The location of the famous Palio di Siena bareback horse race. Thus we honeymooned before we were actually married, but hey we like to do things differently.
After the wedding, we traveled to Rome, Italy which immediately became one of our favorite cities (we named our youngest, but first son, Roman). Once home, we had the travel bug and continued to travel to Spain, the tip of Africa and Ethiopia and started planning for more.
Ten years and two adopted kids later (I never use the word adopted when describing our children but for our story and future travel it is meaningful), we are one year out from leaving for our own RTW Family Adventure.
