How my kidney problem affects my life In amongst all of the joy of having three lovely girls, of home educating and of planning for our round the world trip, are some darker moments and times where life just doesn’t seem to be playing ball. Something I have struggled with for over half of my…
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Living with less: 5 steps to creating a basic capsule wardrobe Something that had been in our hearts as a couple for a long while is to consciously make an effort to ‘live with less’, and to create a lifestyle where living simply is facilitated. It is one of the many reasons that we decided…
Environmental issues at all-inclusive hotels, and what Ikos Olivia is doing about it A while ago we posted about our amazing 5* ultra-all-inclusive trip to Halkidiki that we took for Patrick’s 30th birthday. Although between us we have experienced plenty of luxury travel, neither of us had stayed at an all-inclusive resort before. There were several reasons…
Getting rid of all our stuff for our family RTW trip! You know when the laundry basket is overflowing and you get the feeling that if you start dealing with it it’s going to be a vicious cycle of putting clothes in and out of the washer and dryer, sorting them out and putting them away, all…
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Our Spring break: Purbeck, Dorset with kids! One of our favourite places to bring our kids for a break in the UK is Dorset. This lovely southern county is home to the Jurassic coast, where the fossils of dinosaurs are being discovered even today. We have family who live near the village of Wareham in…
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Budgeting for a round the world trip with children “Show me the money!” “What?” “Show me the money!” “I don’t have any!” “Ok- well, at least tell us about your super tight budget for your crazy round the world family trip?” “Say please.” “Please.” Let’s do this. So, one of the first questions that people…
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An Arts Festival for Kids In Kent One of the challenges of home educating is that instead of finding things to do as a family each weekend, you have to find things to do every day. That can get old fast, so we are always happy when we hear about new and educational events to visit.…
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How we decided to go on a RTW trip with kids As you might know, we are in the middle of planning for a round the world trip with our family, including three small children. This trip has been a long time coming; around eight years in fact. In 2009 Patrick and I backpacked around…
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Decision made: A family RTW trip is happening! It’s all a bit too exciting- after much thought, deliberation, hard graft and praying, we have finally decided to bite the bullet and take the kids on a family round the world trip! Are we excited? Yes! Are we crazy? Almost certainly- but what is life without…
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