We are a family of five that decided to leave our normal lives behind and travel around the world for 180 days. Joey and I are both physicians back home in Lexington, KY and our kids are Wilson (a smart, funny, pragmatic 14 year old who approaches life with the wisdom of an 80 year old and the mischievous grin of someone who gets the inside joke), Bailey (an opinionated, strong-willed, compassionate 12 year old who never misses anything and may rule the world someday), and Gus (an energetic, passionate 9 year old who lives every second of his waking life with everything he has and would give the shirt off his back to ease the suffering of an earthworm). We love traveling, trying new things, meeting awesome people, eating good food, and adventure sports. In this blog, we will be sharing the stories of the places we experience along the way. We will share our successes and our failures in hopes that this is inspiring, helpful, and entertaining to our friends, family, and anyone else who happens to discover us. For more on why we decided to do this, see our blog post on “Traveling is my favorite thing”. Read More About Our Philosophy.
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Eating well while travelling:13 Tips for eating well while abroad
“Vacation eating” is the term I use for the constellation of eating habits that I allow myself and my family to indulge in when we are on vacation. It involves one or maybe even two sweets a day, a soda with dinner for the kids, way more chips than normal, cocktails in the evening, and a lot of eating out. It is pretty common for me to feel slightly off, bloated, and possibly even a few pounds heavier after a week of vacation eating. When travelling for only a week, vacation eating doesn’t seem to do too much permanent damage and I can usually recover after a couple days at home. During our trip around the world, however, I knew we couldn’t employ vacation eating the entire time for several reasons.
Good Friday in Pyrgos, Santorini: Why You Shouldn’t Miss the Fire and Brimstone
Imagine a small town perched atop the highest hill on Santorini, with the classic white Cycladic style houses and labyrinth walkways covering the top half of the peak like icing on a cake, a blue domed white church looking down over the town, and the ruins of a Venetian castle at its crest. Now imagine that same normally quiet and sleepy inland town with at least 2000 flaming tin cans filled with homemade fire starters made of wax and sawdust lining every wall and the rim of every roof crackling and dancing in the gusty Mediterranean wind. Add in several thousand people packed into the tiny walkways, a processional, constantly ringing church bells, and a band playing Greek Orthodox religious music and you have Good Friday in Pyrgos.
The Best Two Weeks in Greece: A Mythical Itinerary with Kids
Greece is a great country to visit with kids! The interesting stories and captivating characters of Greek mythology have a unique ability to intrigue people of all ages and thus engage travelers in the history of the country. If your kids have ever read a Percy Jackson book, you have probably already experienced this. The food is delicious, not too challenging for young palettes, and cheap. Most people speak English and, as far as foreign countries go, it is relatively easy to navigate. We originally planned to spend 18 days in Greece, but had some other plans fall through and ended up staying for 22 days. In this post I am going to share our full itinerary, where to stay, the highlights, and our favorite restaurants in each location! I will also include a suggested 2 week itinerary for people who have less time.
Hiking the Footpath of the Holy Spirit (Agio Pnevma) in Meteora
It was 6:00 PM and the kids were tired after a day of visiting the Monasteries of Meteroa, but Joey and I were still looking for more action and wanted to get off the beaten path to see the massive limestone towers up close and personal. Compared to our experience in America, finding the less travelled trails abroad has been very difficult. The trails are generally unmarked, unmaintained, and criss-crossed with dirt roads and livestock paths. After a deep dive into the internet, I found a trail that I thought we might be able to find and follow and we set off for a quick sunset hike…
The Sun Rising over Kauai from Poipu Beach. January 23rd, 2022