Moving to a new village on the first step towards taking our family gap-year.
Village Life
House Swap
Selling our house, so that we can take a year away to travel round the world, was just one item on the pre-departure checklist, alongside more mundane activities such as organising vaccinations and buying some suitable rucksacks. The house selling process, however, is still ongoing and the reality is dawning that we will not achieve... Continue Reading →
Habla Espanol?
Serious travel planning for our round the world family trip is currently on hold, while we finalise the sale of our house. Therefore, in a minor attempt to plug some of the gaping holes in my global adventurer toolkit, I am instead trying to learn a little Spanish. I opted for Spanish on the basis... Continue Reading →
Homes Under The Hammer
Selling Our House To Fund Family Gap Year Firstly, I must say that I am disappointed in myself for having not written here for quite a long time. Largely this is because I haven't made any tangible progress on our travel plans, because for most of the last couple of months I have instead been... Continue Reading →
The Lull Before The Storm
Life feels relatively normal at the moment. On the surface there isn't much to show that we are slowly approaching a major change. We are still quietly planning our family gap-year, but our departure date of July 2016 feels an incredibly long way off. I suspect, however, that we will look back in nine months... Continue Reading →
round the world with my family 