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Planning our European road trip

Posted onMarch 24, 2018October 24, 20187 Comments

The first six months of our sabbatical comprises a huge (think 14,000km+) loop from Germany to France to the UK to Scandinavia, then on to the Baltics, Eastern Europe on to Greece, then Italy and back to France. Most of this loop will be a European road trip in a car that we’re leasing through Read More …

How we got a great deal on airfare for our sabbatical

Posted onMarch 19, 2018October 24, 2018

Going on a sabbatical is not inexpensive. There is the cost of transportation, food and lodging, not to mention the opportunity cost associated with foregoing our regular paychecks. We’re trying to look for ways to save wherever possible, including airfare (the cost of flights can really add up for a family of five). We were Read More …

How to Survive a New Orleans St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Posted onMarch 16, 2018October 24, 2018

Our big sabbatical is coming up but that doesn’t mean that we are putting off fun experiences until June 🙂 This past weekend we traveled to New Orleans to visit Annette’s family and to experience the St. Patrick’s day parade in Metairie. If you have been around New Orleans you know that they like to Read More …

We’re actually doing this!!

Posted onMarch 4, 2018October 24, 2018

We started this blog three years ago with a faraway plan to pull up our roots and travel the world as a family. Until recently the plan felt like more of a dream than reality. Work and day to day family life got in the way of blogging and travel planning, and we couldn’t really Read More …

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Posted onFebruary 18, 2016March 9, 2018

Trip down Memory Lane – Scotland

Posted onNovember 6, 2015October 24, 2018

Our family has many ancestors that hail from Scotland so we decided to visit the ‘motherland’ a few years ago. Driving north from England, we passed Hadrian’s Wall, which the Romans built to keep out the the barbarians (AKA the Scots) early in the second century. In contrast to the Great Wall of China, this wall was Read More …

Travel Quote

Posted onOctober 4, 2015March 9, 2018

Trip down Memory Lane: Big Bend, Texas, USA

Posted onSeptember 23, 2015October 24, 2018

Our most recent trips have been mainly domestic. It has been a nice change after so much international travel because we had not really explored our own country much before. One of our favorite trips was a visit to Big Bend National Park in December two years ago. We found a few things upon arrival Read More …

Trip down Memory Lane: Nha Trang, Viet Nam

Posted onAugust 1, 2015October 24, 2018

While we were traveling in Southeast Asia, Vietnam was one of our favorite destinations. Nha Trang, on the south central coast, was a fun destination with a variety of activities. Nha Trang is primarily known as a beach destination. We visited in late September, not long before the rainy season, so we did not enjoy Read More …

We are not alone!

Posted onJuly 30, 2015March 9, 2018

Of all the people we know in real life, there are no families contemplating pulling up roots and taking a sabbatical. Even of the single people we know with possibly fewer attachments, I could count on one hand the number who are contemplating similar adventures (nursing overseas, mission work, teaching English, etc.). We know quite Read More …

The Intrepid Family

Planning our European road trip

How we got a great deal on airfare for our sabbatical

How to Survive a New Orleans St. Patrick’s Day Parade

We’re actually doing this!!

Travel Quote

Trip down Memory Lane – Scotland

Travel Quote

Trip down Memory Lane: Big Bend, Texas, USA

Trip down Memory Lane: Nha Trang, Viet Nam

We are not alone!

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