We are the Poyner family – Matt, Lindsay, Owen, Jake, Ben, and Eli . . . aside from being a big family – at least by our standards – we’re a pretty normal family from a pretty normal country called […]
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Planning
How do you plan for full time family travel? Well, here’s how we did it. Motivation Because full time travel is not always easy, you have to be pretty committed to the idea. You need a balance of giddy inspiration […]
How we travel
We were not experienced travellers before we began this trip. With three solo backpacking trips under his belt, Matt had the most experience, but the kids had never even been on a plane. Three months, seven flights and eight countries […]
What we pack
We travel light and love it. All this fits in carry-on sized backpacks. Items differ slightly from the videos, but not much! Adult Clothing 4 underwear 3 socks 2 pants 2 shorts 1 bathing suit 4 t-shirts 1 hoodie 1 […]
Lucky
Something about airplanes makes me want to break out the laptop and write. We were flying Ryanair for the first time. Enroute to Prague from Dublin. Budget airline. Cheap tickets. Bare bones. Scraps of food and wrappers on the […]
Caught in the rain (Ireland part 1)
Thirteen days into this journey and we are already departing Ireland. As I write this, we are on the bus from Belfast to Dublin Airport and I am so happy that someone else is driving us. After 25 years of […]
Rethinking Retirement
The following is a post I wrote for another blog I started, but it is extremely relevant to our decision to backpack around the world for a year. Young Dave is a bright, hard-working guy who just finished high school. […]
The Decision
Hello. My name is Matt. Lindsay is my wife. She is also the biggest wildcard that has allowed all this to happen. Let me explain. Linds and I have been been together for 15 years. In that time we have […]