We were not the only family to choose The Galapagos Islands as the final destination of a world trip. During our year, we met only one other family traveling the world (in Thailand). In Puerto Ayoro, the main town on…

We were not the only family to choose The Galapagos Islands as the final destination of a world trip. During our year, we met only one other family traveling the world (in Thailand). In Puerto Ayoro, the main town on…
Meeting inspiring retirees was a recurring theme during our trip. I traveled extensively as a student, thinking it was my last opportunity before starting a career and a family. I embarked on this family world trip thinking it was a…
We stopped at the natural, hot springs of Thermopylae, which means “The Hot Gates”, on our way from Delphi to Meteora in Greece. It should have been the perfect end, to a perfect day. We had experienced unusual homeschooling success…
We visited Nina and her Australian husband Tom in the Sunshine Coast town of Maroochydore, where they with their two kelpie dogs Isabelle and Travis. The town is sunscreen scented and clearly an up and coming place, courtesy the nearby…
We had some really meaningful encounters in Japan, and I don’t have the time to write about all of them now, so as a placeholder here are some of the people we met: An old colleague from my husband, whom…
Sometimes staying in an AirBnB that is a true ‘bed and breakfast’, rather than a private apartment, has advantages: you meet other travelers. Check out photos of our AirBnB accommodation in Beijing here. The location of Cindy’s bed and breakfast…
I often describe our sabbatical year as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ but in Beijing we met a couple that proved us wrong: why would a unique travel year have be an one-time deal? Paula and Steve from Texas…
When I asked my eight year old about his favorite experience from our week in Yangshuo he didn’t hesitate: “the people”. We arrived in Yangshuo, in the South of China, after three months in Europe and three days in Hong…
Another friend in China: Grace from the youth hostel in Guilin gave the kids good luck charms and chatted with Liv about soccer. We’re finding the Chinese very warm and child friendly.