We Answered Your Questions About Our Return!
We’ve finally got a wrap-up post here that answers the Instagram questions we got a couple weeks back (if you need more context, feel free to read our kickoff FAQ,...
Category: Logistics
Asking and Answering a Lot of Questions About Our 2019.
If you don’t follow @sebmodak on Instagram, you should. He’s the NYT travel writer currently traveling around the world for the Times’ “52 Places” feature. His Instagram is so funny...
Updated: Our Itinerary Through the Rest of the Year
We’ve decided to change our very last destination of our trip. Instead of skiing in Japan over the New Year, we’ll have a “soft landing” in Kauai from Dec 28th...
A Logistics Shout Out: Travel Artistry Africa
Needless to say, we had help when it came to planning our nine-week Africa experience. Unless you’re a pretty intrepid traveler (looking at you, Dave Twerdun!!) most Americans use some...
We Answer Some of Your Questions, One Month In
This week we hit the one-month mark on our year-long journey. We took some questions about our experience so far and compiled answers for you here… Has the reality of the trip jibed with your expectations going in? The one thing we knew for sure going into...
And we’re off!
Today we left the US for a year, and it went off without a hitch. No tears, no delays, just excitement and nerdy, backpack-y eagerness. I had that Dumb and...
Carry-On Only?!?! Yes, and This Is How It Looks
We vowed to try to pack light for the year ahead. Now, our goal isn’t to *actually* carry everything on — we’ll likely do a lot of checking of bags...
These Are Some of the To-Dos From Our Pre-Departure Checklist
We’re four days away from leaving and feeling pretty good–but man have there been a lot of logistics involved to get to this point. Trip planning aside, here’s a random...
Here’s our itinerary for the first half of the year (to help you plan your visit)
This is all subject to change, of course, but this is where we’ll be if you want to join us (or know contacts/ recommendations/ books/ movies we should look into)....
FAQs About Our Year Abroad
Wait, what are you guys doing?! We’re taking a “family gap year.” For all of 2019, we will be traveling around the world. With the kids? Yes, with the kids!...