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"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,...
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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...
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"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...
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"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...
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“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...
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“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,...
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"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...
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"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...
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“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...
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"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...
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"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...
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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 -...
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"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...
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"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...