So, apparently even when you’ve schlepped your kids around to 35+ countries, that doesn’t even begin to mean that you know a little something about traveling with kids. Yes, we got cocky. We thought that by having traveled as much…
Enjoying Great Aunt Tante Inge in Dresden, Germany
We planned our route in Europe to be in Dresden Germany to spend the week visiting my great aunt for the week of her 85th birthday. We had a lovely week exploring all that Dresden had to offer, including many…
Crazy King Ludwig II’s Neuschwanstein Castle
We had a lovely day at Neuschwanstein Castle today. I have always admired the castle and even tried to work it in to several different visits to Europe but it hasn’t happened. Until today. This trip, we actually scheduled a…
Bruce’s “10 Reasons NOT to take your Kids Around the World”
I often see blog posts by fellow travelers that inspired and move me. And some days it just so happens to be on a day when I’ve woken up thinking “What the heck are we doing?” This is the…
The Perfect Picnic, France
Today was one of those magical fill-me-up types of days. Waking up under my fluffy down comforter to the sound of the local church bells ringing 7 o’clock, I turned over and went back to sleep for a bit before…
The House of Slaves, Goree Island, Dakar
Goree Island is home to the infamous door which sent millions of black Africans from their homes into slavery to the Americas. The small, beautiful island of Goree just off the west coast of Senegal, Africa was a main shipping…
Apartheid is exactly where it belongs – in a museum.
South Africa has a good museum teaching us about the ugly history that is apartheid. The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is a moving and thorough lesson in the history of South Africa, the apartheid movement, and the journey back to…
Snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island
Our few days on Heron Island started out rough. Boarding the Heron Islander at 11am, we snagged some seats in front of the big windows at the picturesque front part of the boat and immediately noticed the large stack of…
Life as a Sea Turtle, Heron Island
Life as a sea turtle is a precarious thing. First, if your egg survives the local pests and rodents, you and your clutch-mates must first break out of your soft shell. Waiting for the go-ahead from your fellow hatchling…
Hangin’ Loose in Bali
Back in October, Nathan was hoping to learn to surf in Mui Ne, Vietnam. He contacted a company before we left Cambodia to arrange it and showed up ready to learn. The morning he was to start, the waves weren’t…