Chronicling our crazy yearlong worldwide family sabbatical
Seeking the Oracle in Delphi On our fourth morning in Athens Wes logged into AirBnb and realized that we’d only booked four nights (instead of the five that we had thought) so we needed to check out in a couple of hours. Oops! This left us with the choice of finding another place to stay Read More …
In early June we’re taking leave from our jobs, putting our belongings in storage, and embarking on a 14-month sabbatical with our three kids. Why are we doing this? We’re continuing to break the news to our friends and coworkers that we’ll be taking a sabbatical and as a result we’re getting pretty good at Read More …
Breaking the news on our sabbatical One of the aspects of our sabbatical that we were most anxious about was breaking the news to our bosses and co-workers. How would they react? How would we be treated after breaking the news? Would we be fired on the spot (we didn’t think so, but couldn’t rule Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
A few years ago, we came across an article entitled “The Let’s-Sell-Our-House-and-See-the-World Retirement“. In it we learned about two retirees who are spending their retirement living in furnished apartments in various countries around the world. Some people may read this and think those people are insane. We are not those people. Instead, we thought that was Read More …