The Family Voyage

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Personal Travelogue

2018 travels in review: Going, going… still going

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Without question, 2018 has been the most intense year of travel in any of our lives. We visited 11 countries and traveled 11 states within the US! During a gap year it’s too easy to let the many incredible places and experience blend together and for some places to get overlooked as they sink further […]

One year in: happy anniversary to us!

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One year ago today we loaded the car in Los Angeles and drove off into the sunset (or at least the traffic near Sunset Blvd). It truly seems like we’ve lived a lifetime in the 365 intervening days, and it will be hard to ever fully document our experience. But what can I say about […]

Slowing down and wrapping up

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During first eight months of this journey around the world, we visited 11 countries on 6 continents and slept in more places than I think I can ever possibly remember. While I won’t call it a break-neck pace – we are, after all, traveling with two young children – I’ll admit to waking up a […]

Worldschooling adventures: Our kindergarten homeschool curriculum

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We’ve spent almost an entire school year worldschooling our kindergarten, and we’ve been surprised at our successes and failures! See what worked for us (and didn’t) to develop your own kindergarten homeschooling curriculum for traveling families.

On parenting and wanderlust

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We are travelers, but we are first and foremost parents. Parenting anywhere in the world comes with its challenges – and they’re often the same wherever you are, depending more on your child’s peculiarities (they all have a schtick) than on your location at any moment. For some kids, they need constant running at playgrounds […]

Six months in… and what next?

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The time has come for the next chapter in our family’s travels. If you read our family’s last update at the beginning of the year (you can find it here, in case you missed it), you know that we’ve spent the last few months enjoying the Southern hemisphere’s balmy summer temperatures while all our family […]