When we decided to take a year off to travel as a family across three continents, many people questioned our sanity. Some even called us...

When I returned to the Pacific Northwest from our RTW trip, I had three major concerns: 1. How are my kids going to adapt to their new...

After a year and change has passed since our return to the Pacific Northwest, I still find myself inevitably transported to some of those...

Most people don’t know what bad, dangerous driving is until they have an experience driving through Argentina. We took a 5,000 km road...

TOP 7 BOOKS I READ DURING THE RTW TRIP One of my favorite things to do while on the road around the world was having nice stretches of...

We’re certainly not the only family who have left the rat-race to travel the world, but might be one of the few who did it with older...

Every long-term traveler we've met or follow thinks differently about how they spend their hard-earned travel-funds. Some want to eat at...

In this new series we are sharing our exact costs for some of the larger, more famous cities we stayed in. We’ll also share a tip or two...

This post is going to be like that "Sound of Music" song. You know, the one with the whiskers and kittens and warm woolen mittens? Only...

I had my first cemetery-history-lesson in Bastos, a rural town in Sao Paulo state. My host, a young 3rd generation Japanese-Brazilian,...

Our first Round The World trip comes full circle - we are now back in the Pacific Northwest. And a little culture shock is inevitable....

This is my fifth time returning home from a year abroad. The first was after being an exchange student to Brazil with Rotary. The next...

Navigating the sea of rental properties on vrbo.com, Airbnb.com, homeaway.com, and flipkey.com can be a daunting task for many travelers,...

We had four goals for our time in Europe: 1) spend time with our friends Tammy and Aaron Oesting who are also on a RTW trip 2) carefully...

So in Denmark we went to the world’s oldest working amusement park. Tivoli Gardens. Walt Disney actually went there for inspiration when...

Here is the story of the great city of Troy, which fell to the hands of the Greek empire. Paris, son of King Priam, caused this war. He...

It was early on our last morning in South Africa. I sat in the cool brick patio of our Johannesburg guesthouse, editing photos of our...

We’d been driving along South Africa’s gorgeous southern coastline and the famous Garden Route for 10 days. Heather was my trusty...

Our teens are great travelers, but they’ll be the first to tell you that they hate being tourists. They cringe when they see...

I hesitate to include a budget report about South Africa, as it was the only country where we stopped being independent travelers and...