While planning for our year, both in advance and on-the-go, TripAdvisor became our sixth family member. We poured over reviews and suggestions of restaurants, apartments, hikes, hotels, trains, and self-guided tours. As a school writing assignment, we even studied what makes a good review and...
Advent Day 13
posted by S
E flying his airplane in the restored marketplace stoa of the ancient Athens...
The Evidence
posted by J
We’ve spent the last two days SEEING EVIDENCE of human life in Athens that stretches back more than 5,000 years. This is super real evidence — tools, pottery, whole buildings, ancient roads — things we can actually touch and walk around and regard or play Star Wars light...
A Borrowed Motto
posted by J
We walked today through the same tunnel once used by Roman gladiators on their way to ancient games in an ancient Athens stadium. The tunnel ended with this exhibit about the modern Olympics. The motto pictured below was too good to pass up … because OUR WANDERING IS NOT YET...
The Mix
posted by J
This photo is a great example of THE MIX — the elusive combination of history, education, family, fun, beauty, and exercise that S and I are often trying to nail on this adventure. It’s tough to make out all the details … but there’s the family, of course, then the...
We Are What We Are
posted by S
I am learning to embrace my Inner Tourist. Or rather, my true Tourist Self is showing more and more on the outside. And I am learning to accept it. One of our sons is sometimes (often!) mortified at our family’s touristic appearance, loathing to travel as a fivesome in public...
Wahid to Ashra
posted by J
S and I sat next to Abu Hussain today on a flight from Tunis to Istanbul (on our way to Athens). The older man was on the first leg of a long business trip — to Turkey, Germany, Spain, then back home to Doha, Qatar. He was kind to take an interest in our year-long adventure … and...