Several people told me that coming home would be the hardest part of our year long journey. I’m beginning to realize they were right. The first week home was really hard, but I blamed it on circumstances. I thought that once I recovered from jet-lag, the airline found my luggage, my stomach adjusted back to…
Category: Thoughts and Feelings
Gap Year Recap – What A Year Around the World Looks Like
I’ve been staring at my computer for a while now, trying to figure out how to sum up an entire year of adventure. This year was truly a remarkable experience for all of us. I’m so thankful we had this opportunity and that we were brave enough to take it. We have been back home…
Family Gap Year Survey: Same Trip, Different Eyes
I mentioned before that my sister created a survey for us to complete about our year of adventure. Here are the questions and everyone’s answers. This was such an incredible way to reflect on the year and my sister came up with such interesting questions. It captures our highs, our lows, and is full of…
The Alexis Angle – Advice Letter
Foreword by Jill: As part of their end of year school projects the kids had to write an advice letter to someone as if they were getting ready to go on a gap year. Alexis wanted to share hers. I absolutely loved all of her advice! Dear unlikely traveler, So, a little birdie told me…
Heading Back Into The Unknown
Before we left for the year, I wrote about fearing the unknown. We are on the other side of that now and fearing the unknown of heading home. The kids are excited, but nervous about what the re-entry to their old lives will look like. To be honest, so am I. We are all trying…
Summer Days in Barcelona
We have less than two weeks left in Barcelona and we are trying our best to stay present and soak up the remaining days of our gap year. In an effort to embrace this time, I’ve been focusing on enjoying the things that we’ve grown to love about Barcelona. Things we will look back on…
Homeschool Recap: A Year Without Borders
Homeschooling our kids during our travels was a huge part of our year, and not something we took lightly. I spent numerous hours planning, worrying, researching, and getting advice from a close friend that homeschools her children. We had some bumpy moments, but in the end – teaching and learning alongside our kids this year…
The End of School, An Anniversary Abroad, and One Month Left
We’ve had a busy week. It’s been a really fun last week of school, with a little bit of learning and a lot of fun activities each day. We had planned a walking food tour for our last field trip, but it got cancelled. So we pivoted and visited the Mercat de Santa Caterina, which…
The Final Chapter Begins
Yesterday marked day 265 of our travels. We are returning to Colorado exactly one year from when we left, which means we have 100 days left of our year long journey. I remember back in Osaka when we reached the 100 day mark. I can’t believe we are now to this point in our year….
The Unglamorous Side of Adventure
I said in my last post that I was glad we are experiencing Sri Lanka. I think that statement still rings true, but my goodness this place feels hard. Our plan for Sri Lanka was originally walking on the beach and swimming with giant sea turtles. Our reality is a very hot condo, a high…