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Show me the money!

February 14, 2019By admin6 Comments
Show me the money!

Six people, six months of travel expenses How much does it cost to travel the world as a family? It’s the question that everyone wonders about but most are afraid to ask. Well, the wait is over. I’m about to […]

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Matt’s six-month check-up: more or less happy

February 4, 2019By admin8 Comments
Matt's six-month check-up: more or less happy

We embarked on this family adventure because we were looking for something: a broader education for the kids, a defining family experience, and an alternative to a job that I was finding increasingly exhausting. Why would anyone want to leave […]

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Lindsay’s six-month check-up: it’s all about the kids.

February 3, 2019By admin7 Comments
Lindsay's six-month check-up:  it's all about the kids.

It’s official: we’ve been traveling for six months! Time to reflect on everything we have experienced and learned. We came into this with very few expectations. How could we know what to expect when this lifestyle was so foreign to […]

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Owen’s six month check-up

February 2, 2019By admin3 Comments
Owen's six month check-up

This is my big list of all of my favourite things on this trip, enjoy! Favourite Country Turkey is currently my favourite country, Istanbul if you want to be specific. I like the people, and definitely the food. One of […]

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Jake’s six month check-up

February 1, 2019By admin3 Comments
Jake's six month check-up

This is a list of my favourite things of these first six months of our trip. Favourite Language: Czech I really liked Czech because of how easy it was to learn. The pronunciation was easy and Duolingo made it way […]

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Ben’s six-month check-up

January 31, 2019By admin3 Comments
Ben's six-month check-up

Half of a year is a lot of traveling but we still haven’t been to South America, Africa, Oceania or Antarctica (though I’m not wishing to go there). Anyway, I want to keep on traveling because we get new experiences […]

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Eli’s six-month check-up

January 30, 2019By admin10 Comments
Eli's six-month check-up

How do I feel about traveling? I want to keep on traveling until we can get a sailboat. Why do I want a sailboat? I want a sailboat because we would have a home base. And it’s tiring carrying my […]

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It’s a zoo out here!

January 27, 2019By admin10 Comments
It's a zoo out here!

Zoos are wonderful and frustrating at the same time. It’s awesome to see all the exotic creatures – but the barriers and cages are a drag. Are they content in their enclosures? Maybe. Am I the only one who feels […]

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Christmas in Cyprus

January 21, 2019By admin11 Comments
Christmas in Cyprus

This post was (mostly) written a few weeks ago, but we got a little sidetracked with some very important educational pursuits: scuba diving, sailing, and surfing (poor us). These are some reflections on our three weeks in Cyprus, being with […]

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Expectations

December 31, 2018By admin8 Comments
Expectations

Yesterday we went to the hospital.  Yes, a public hospital in a foreign country . . . scary, right?  Not to worry – no one was sick or injured.  We needed vaccinations prior to our travels in Southeast Asia.  A strange […]

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