Visiting Ireland is one of the many things on my must-do list. Jody Halsted shares her tips on planning your first visit to the Emerald Isle. First-time visitors to Ireland can be excused if they think that the island’s small size means that they can “see it all’ in a week-long vacation. Even though Ireland may be …
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Clare Dyckhoff. Traveling with friends causes you to appreciate family travel. Since before I could remember, my parents have taken me on an array of holidays, allowing me to witness beautiful sights, fantastic cultures, and at the same time making priceless memories with the people I see so …
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I often get asked how we fund our family travel, especially with indefinite family travel. There are so many ways to fund one’s travel, so please don’t look at our examples and think just because your answer is “Well, I can’t do any of those!” that long-term family travel is out of your league. To …
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Today is the last day of 2012. I can’t believe this past year has gone by so fast! Last year I talked about how for 2012 I was not going to set expectations like I had for 2011, which I called the Year of Adventure. Well, I held true to that. I don’t believe in …
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Anyone who knows me knows that when someone mentions going to Cancun, I make a face. For many people, tourist safety in Cancun is a big question, as well as “Will I be able to avoid all the crazy party people?” (Yes, just don’t go during Spring Break season.) Cancun just overall doesn’t do anything …
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Today marks our 600th day of travel! It’s funny, because in some ways it’s hard to believe we’ve already been gone for 600 days, and in other ways it feels like it’s been much longer. Do I have any regrets? Not a damn one. Well, maybe one—that we didn’t do this sooner. But, we had to …
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After living in southern Morocco for a bit, we’ve eaten a lot of camel meat. One day in the store, we were in a silly mood, and I brought up making camel balls for our spaghetti. That quickly morphed into a song about camel balls. We’ve played around with the lyrics for a while, and …
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I have a confession. I hate Christmas. Well, okay, I hate Christmastime. (I’m definitely not at Scrooge level by any means!) Well, until this year. Because of my childhood and subsequent lack of real family, Christmas has never been an enjoyable time for me really. I did often have friends who invited me over …
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I hate planning to travel. It makes me feel boxed in. I love having unadulterated spontaneity. But sometimes, you just have to plan for things. Especially when air travel is required. It’s a bit expensive, and sometimes risky, to just show up at the airport and buy a ticket for a trip 2 hours before …
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Morocco has brought us some challenges. Which is a good thing really. No, seriously. When we were preparing to leave Mexico, some people asked me why we were so eager to leave. We did love it there and had met some wonderful people. But I hungered to be challenged. Some might wonder if being a …
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