It finally happened, I finally got the chance to meet my hero who I've been cyber stalking for the past 6 months.  Her name is Jen Nathan, although I solely refer to her as jennathan, the name of her website. 

 I initially thought that her website was her way of refering to her trip around the world as a "jennathon", like a marathon, but came to realize it was actually just her name, Jen Nathan.  None-the-less, she is jennathan to me.  Funny thing is, she told us last night that she thought that our website name was just a cute way of saying we like to wander and walk, not realizing until recently that Walker was actually our last name.

I was introduced to her via e-mail by our original travel agent, who had helped to plan jennathan's trip around the world.  I was instantly mesmerized not only by jennathans website, but also by her courage to travel the world for a year as a single person.  So, I started e-mailing her, asking lots of questions about her trip, sharing bits about Jason and mine plans, and hoped our paths would cross along the way. 

Jennathan, now in her 9th month of travel, just happened to be in New Zealand.  So, we worked it out that our paths would cross in Rotorua.  She told us to choose a time and place and she'd be there.  Low and behold, we walked into Bistro 1284 last night, and to my amazement, as planned, she was there.

We had an awesome evening of sharing stories, mainly listening to her wise words of travel wisdom, drinking lots of wine, and gorging on sumptuous food.  Our main regret is that we wouldn't have more time to travel together.  We did however manage to get a photo with the Auckland Blues Rugby team that night, and check out Sheepworld together this morning.  We also both share SF as our homes, so jennathan can't escape from me so easily.