Intel provides its employees with a two-month paid vacation once every seven years. In the academic tradition, it is called a sabbatical. Krisztina, having worked for Intel for 14 years, would have been taking her second with me on my first at the end of this summer. With her gone, I’m going to do it solo. Well, not so much. I’d like some of my closest friends to join me at various times. This topic will be used to chronicle the trip and its planning.