One of the things Brian and I instantly connected over when we first started dating was our interest in traveling. We were both at a point in our lives where our finances would allow for more travel but we didn’t have a travel “buddy”. Neither of us was super interested in solo travel- it works great for some people, but wasn’t really for either of us. We joked on our first date that maybe we would be each other’s travel buddies and we would get to start checking travel destinations off our lists.  Here we are 2 and a half years later, making all the travel plans our time and…