First of all, happy birthday to two of my favourite people in the world! Ben just turned 9 and Lindsay turned 29 (or so) yesterday. We had a fantastic time on the sunny beach celebrating Ben’s big day. Yesterday, […]
Thoughts of a traveling Mom
It has been brought to our attention a few times that some of you are wondering how I am doing so far. First of all, I am not the writer in the family. I am definitely the chatty one but […]
Mount Etna
Yesterday was a big day. I had been looking forward to it ever since we decided to come to Sicily. We were going to climb a volcano. Mount Etna. Most recent eruption . . . last week (just a […]
Foolish
I don’t know how to start writing this post. I don’t even know if I should. It feels risky . . . and very uncomfortable. You’ll think less of me (I do). Or maybe you’ll think it’s no big deal […]
Family Travel Expectations vs. Reality
August 26th marked the one month milestone for this family adventure we are on. On this day, I also happened to read an Instagram post poking fun at traveling families, or at least those who idealize it. Below a dreamy […]
New video – Prague!
We fly from Dublin to Prague and on the way Eli makes a special friend. Prague is now a well-known central European city with restaurants and cafes galore but it is also a great city to travel with kids. From […]
What can you learn from a card game?
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 […]
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 […]