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 . . .
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Less than two months until departure!
We can’t believe that our first blog post was exactly seven months ago and now we have less than two months until departure – holy cow!! A lot has changed from our initial ideas. Watch our latest YouTube video to […]