Gap years

This week I´d like to discuss gap years.  If you don´t know what that is, you can read this article:

https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/why-gap-years-more-common-in-europe-us

Have any of you been on a gap year?  Where did you go?

If not, would you have liked to?  What would you have done?  Do you encourage or discourage your children from taking a gap year?  Here´s a list of some of the pros and cons of taking a gap year:

http://www.optionssolutionsed.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-taking-a-gap-year-7

It´s important to note that you can take a gap year whenever; it´s not just for those who are graduating.  You can do it now or if you are planning on changing careers.  This article is a compilation of stories of different people that have taken a gap year at different stages of their life:

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/25/investing/gap-year-changed-my-life/