To Grandmother’s House We Go! How to Avoid (or at Least Prepare for) a Holiday Travel Disaster
We have had many close calls trying to travel right up against Christmas. Everything takes longer than expected, trying to find locations in a foreign city can be tricky and all that effort to have the one day be perfect
38,841 words and counting
That is a lot of words to have written down in some kind of logical order. The first draft was started in July of 2017, before we left on our trip. I knew I wanted to create something which was
Q&A The Cost Benefit Of Travel
I decided to change things up a bit and ask a bunch of questions of myself. As I sit on a terrace of a little café in Athens, recording all our expenses, it gets me to thinking about costs versus
It took me a year to find freedom, a love story
You know that feeling you get when you move into a new house and everything around you, the smells, the light, the physical space, are so different to what you are used to? You imagine living in this space as
The curse of Taurus the bull
I don't live by the predictions of a daily horoscope. In truth, I've only looked at my zodiac sign description, maybe a dozen times in my whole life. But, every time I do, some of the words are burned into
Everyday life, away from home for a year, with teens
I have to admit, it has been tough to establish a daily routine, which works equally well for the 4 of us. All the planning in the world, ahead of time, will not prepare you for what it is really
Safety first – what needs to be in the kit?
After administering first aid to my husband, myself and our 2 kids for many years, I have this theory that all you need are bandaids, polysporin and duck tape. I know, I've used brand names for everything. OK, all you
I.C.E. for life on the road
"A journey is like a marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it." -John Steinbeck We finally decided on one of the most important details of
One foot out the door
We are on the downhill run now. We have successfully packed up and cleaned our home of 15 years, no easy task. For weeks, I have been slowly putting stuff into storage, a little at a time. It might have
They have to say it doesn’t hurt
Big, huge, important, and this sh!& is getting real! That is how to best explain a trip to the travel clinic for vaccinations. Of course, this is not mandatory. We volunteered. At least my husband and I had a sense