I didn't exactly quit my job. I reduced working on my startup to the absolute minimum, though I had to be as responsive as ever in case anything happens or a client needs something.

I got in a car and drove around Europe. Then I left the car, took one bag with me and got on a flight to Africa. Then South America. Asia. Then I got back to the place I left my car and drove home. After a month, I got in the car again but this time I took my wife with me.

While travelling alone I was moving all the time, rarely staying somewhere longer than a couple of days. I had three stays longer than that (Porto, Buenos Aires, Tokyo).

While travelling with my wife we would stay make longer stays, but never more than a month or two in one place, usually in the countryside. We didn't bother meeting new people.

For personal reasons we had to end the trip and get back home.

I think the most important thing is that the startup waited for me patiently and is doing better than before I left.