A few weeks before we embarked on this journey, the twins made a poster and taped it across our front door: “Dtektiv Agintse. if ther is a crim, tell us.” In case you don’t read phonetic spelling – a necessary skill in our family right now – that say “Detective Agency. If there is a…
One of the great luxuries of travel is the opportunity to be present, while visiting places we’d insist are “from a different time” – whether past or future. The future (I see you, Tokyo, we’ll get to you in a few months) is not as mysterious, and not nearly as intoxicating, to me as the…
Wasn’t sure what I would write about tonight. I was considering my options while I got ready for bed, brushing my teeth and washing my face…when I felt a sharp little sting on my right temple. I looked closer, and saw a tiny cut near my eyebrow. Where in the world did that come from?…
Montignac is a gorgeous French village where we wished we had planned to stay longer…until we stayed longer than planned. The town is teensy. Montignac has a population of 2,700 or so, but I’ve seen Montignac also referenced as Montignac-Lascaux; Lascaux itself has a whopping 170 people – or, at least that was true as…
Read more Robert the dog, a cave, one gas station, several near-disasters, and being better tomorrow
When we get to a new hotel, the boys love to rush in and explore every single corner. They race through and open every cabinet, flop onto every piece of furniture, test every light switch. I mostly hang back, watching, making sure they’re not about to destroy anything. I know they’re just excited and that…
I used to think that translation was an obvious, straightforward thing. A science more than an art. You know, you take a word in one language and find the meaning of it in another. Easy. Transliteration is a bit different – ]it’s not about finding the meaning of words but about pronouncing them in another…
Anytime we travel, someone along the way comments, “I don’t know how you do it, traveling with three little ones!” While I’d like to just smile, accept the compliment, and pretend that we are just amazing parents with children who make it easy all the time, that’s not totally accurate. I mean, the kids *are*…
You know what’s not going to show up here as one of my first few posts? The master packing list post. I poked around a bit on other blogs written by families who had done a round-the-world trip, and there seems to be an unspoken understanding that this is an obligatory post for family-travel-related blogs,…
Read more BUT HOW MANY PAIRS OF PANTS DID YOU PACK PLEASE I MUST KNOW
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!…
Around the World in 80-ish Days* 