My husband Nico is a professor in the public university system in New York City, which means we’re rich by…
Money Talk
* Budget in Cambodian Riel, hotel for 150 is equal to $37 for example. So how in the world do…
Highs and Lows of a Traveling Family
You open up a group email on your iPad and notice that one of the addressees is named “But Face,”…
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Ethiopians call foreigners faranji, which our local guide tells us means “French” in Amharic. In rural Southern Ethiopia, where cars…
Planes, Trains, Cars, and Buses
In the first five months of a ten-month trip around the world with my husband and kids, we’ve taken nineteen…
Stuck With Each Other
Before we left the United States, I read many blogs of other traveling families who had taken similar trips, and…
Look at Me — Dancing in the Townships!
As I sat between the kids in the backseat of our rental car, parked on the main street of the…
My Travels in South East Asia by Esme (as dictated to her father)
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! It has been a long time since I last posted and I wanted to catch you…
Cape Town with Kids
TOP TEN ELEVEN THINGS TO DO WITH KIDS! 1. Drive to the Cape of Good Hope via Chapman’s Peak. Take the…
Varanasi: The Holiest City in India by Esme
Varanasi is a unique city because it is both spiritual and busy. It is spiritual because of the Ganga River,…
Four In Transit 