Safe travels Eve!
Btw 1: I had no idea your parents also live in Latin America, you seem to be a family of adventurers haha :))
Btw 2: We have that saying about brain and legs in Czech too! Ours goes like this (literally): If you don't have it in your head, you need to have it in your legs. :DD
ah nice!!! Your translation is better than mine, and also more correct =) Funny that we have the same expression.
BTW yes, my parents are crazy adventurers, even more than me!