One of the most common questions we received when planning this trip was, “What about the kids’ education??” Some people were curious – they just didn’t know. Others figured the trade off of family adventure would be substandard education. Still […]
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What’s the worst that could happen?
Yesterday was a very hot day. Across the city there is an outdoor water park. We don’t have a car. We don’t understand Czech. We also don’t understand how the public transit system works in the city we’re in. We […]
Coping with togetherness
As we wrote about in a recent blog post, there is no denying how lucky we are to be on this family adventure together. But it is not all rainbows and unicorns when you’re traveling with your family. It’s […]
What do the kids think?
For a “worldschooling” task one morning, we asked the kids a few questions to get them thinking about their own thoughts and feelings regarding this adventure that we are on. Here is what we asked: We would like you to […]
New video – Ireland!
Our second travel video is live on YouTube! One step closer to social media legitimacy . . .
Ireland Part 2: What to do (and not to do!)
Generally speaking, we are all about seeking new experiences. That’s kind of the point of this family adventure thing. But getting out of Belfast during rush hour (which felt like trying to draw perfect circles with my left hand) without […]
Announcement: Our first travel video is live!
Amazing how all the little clips accumulate when you have two GoPros and one Canon snapping video here and there . . . In any case, after much work (I do enjoy it though!), our first video is complete! It […]
Iceland . . . what a way to start a family adventure!
Iceland . . . the most northerly civilization in the world and the beginning of our adventure. We knew so little about the country before this trip, just that anyone who went there seemed to rave about it – even […]
We have lift off!!
Written on July 26th 8pm EST Today was our last day in Canada for a long time. Up too late with friends last night, we were still up early this morning to tackle our embarrassingly long last minute “to do” […]
Choosing the red pill . . . and hoping for the best
We controlled fire. We forged tools. We invented the wheel. We created antibiotics, traveled to the moon, harnessed nuclear power and banished loneliness forever with Facebook. (maybe) Sure, these more recent achievements might be more salient to our modern […]