"You expect this, and this is the reason you got on that plane in the first place."
By Bella Richter de Medeiros Unexpected things you learn while traveling for a year with your family: You’re going to miss home a lot...
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"We turned the corner and behind us, we heard this hollow breathing sound."
by Bella Richter de Medeiros As most of the people who know me know; I don’t like nature. I am the exact opposite of an outdoorsy, hiker,...
425 Magazine just published the first article about our RTW trip!
So 2015 is here and we have been on the road for about 3 months already. We arrived in Brazil on November 24, just in time for...
"By learning about the places we stay, we become more aware of how the world works."
By Isabella Richter de Medeiros About two months ago, my mom and I went to my high school’s counselor to talk about homeschooling and...
"I was the first eleven year old boy to do the cooking class."
By Marco Richter de Medeiros I love Peruvian food. It’s a wide variety of different styles of food coming as 1. My favorite was alpaca...
“In Chile we’re going to drink wine and sit on the beach”
By Gretchen Richter de Medeiros When people would ask about our itinerary before we left, I would often answer with short descriptions of...
“Hey, mister, how do we get to Route 5?!”
By Gretchen Richter de Medeiros Leaving Santiago was a challenge in several ways. First, we had to pick up the rental car. Luckily,...
"Machupicchu: Thoughts of "appropriation of remains" crossed my mind, but I quickly p
by Rodrigo DeMedeiros The highlight to our Peru trip was - predictably - Machupicchu. We took an ungodly early train from Ollantaytambo...
"Isaias is our guide for most of the Peru trip. I like him. He's cool."
by Marco Richter de Medeiros Chinchero is a lot different from what you would see in the United States, especially Fall City. The...
“You are not checking in until tomorrow, I am here tonight.”
by Gretchen Richter de Medeiros “OK, remember,” I wrote for the third or fourth time, “we will be arriving very, very early on the...
"It's basically like hauling a 6 year-old on your back."
by Rodrigo DeMedeiros When I tell people that I am leaving for a full year with my family on this adventure and that I plan to shoot a...
"Over-packing is the worst thing ever."
by Bella Richter de Medeiros With just under three weeks on the countdown to the departure date, I have to start thinking about what I'm...
Florence: food and art abound.
by Rodrigo DeMedeiros Although Summer is most definitely NOT the best time to visit Italy - too hot, too crowded, too expensive -...
"Versailles. It was beautiful. And horrible."
by Bella Richter de Medeiros We landed in Paris and were absolutely exhausted from flying 9 hours into the future. I wasn't a fan of...
"Venice is slowly sinking."
by Marco Richter de Medeiros When I arrived in Venice, I knew I was going to have a fabulous time. We took a bus from the airport and...