So the day after tomorrow we head out for a round-the-world journey with our boys (currently 6, 6, and 3). This is happening. For real. I say this for myself, mostly, because even though we’ve been prepping for months and dreaming for years, it’s hard to believe the moment is almost here. But it’s true! We fly on Friday!

Our itinerary is basically:

We want to accomplish a lot, as a family and as individuals, through this trip. I’ll write more about those things as we go along.

But here at the beginning, all we’ve got are good intentions, some kickass scooter luggage, and five economy class round-the-world plane tickets (shoutout to AirTreks, a company with actual human travel agents who talk to you on the phone and then magically Frankenstein together a dozen or so flights into a functional itinerary – and no, they did not pay me to say that).

Our main intention, btw: to learn about the world through the lens of belief. We designed this trip, and almost all of our tours, experiences, and activities in each country, to center on learning about religion and culture. For the record, we don’t think our current itinerary is complete in representing all major religions; for instance, we hope to take a second trip within the year to southeast Asia. But we do think this is a darn good start.

We are committed to raising kids who have a deep understanding of and respect for the myriad belief systems that exist across the planet, and who feel empowered to forge their own spiritual path. And while this particular adventure is not our first in this ongoing quest – Reza and I have written and spoken before about our strategies to teach our kids to be spiritually deep and religiously literate – it is definitely our most ambitious to date.

Besides taking a million pictures, and recording some video and audio where we can, I’m going to use this blog to document our experiences and process the trip as we go along.

That’s it for now. I have to finish packing the scooters… er, I mean, luggage.

Thanks for following our adventure. More soon!

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