When I was in college, I always dreamed of taking a summer off to travel around Europe. School or work always seemed to get in the way, and I never got my summer backpacking around Europe. Now that I am older and have kids, I still want to pack up and travel. However, as an adult with a job, house, and a whole host of other responsibilities, it isn’t quite that easy. So here is the plan:
When the kids are older, we are going to take a year off and travel the world with them. We will likely wait until the kids are in the 9-13 years old range. I want them to be old enough to remember the trip, but not so old that they are too cool to hang with mom and dad for a year.
I don’t know exactly where [more...]