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Prague, Abi and Kids

So, after only a couple of days at the Tooth Palace and off I go with the kids, again.  Andrew stays with Maggie for another week to help with the repairs.  Abi arrives in Prague in just a few days so off I go with TJ and Abi for Prague, via Dresden.  No complaints from […]

An Artistic Antwerp for Christmas and New Years

Just a couple of days before Christmas and we are aware that Maggie will not be on the move.  So, Derek and Amy let us use their artsy apartment in Antwerp for the actual holidays.  A few trains and a bus later we arrive.  As we walk into the building of our artist loft  ‘home […]

An Unexpected re-entry into Europe

Two months away from Maggie.  Naively expecting to just jump in and drive her away to the south to get away from the wintery north.  Ah yes, it was not to be.  Maggie was reluctant to begin her journey and had to be towed.  After an eventful couple of weeks we towed her to a […]

USA 2014

We went to USA for a couple of months.  Here are some non-linear highlights. Andrew, Hannah and Ben became comic book heroes and went to ‘APE’, an alternative publishing event. We made new friends and found some new tribe.  One even had a matching tattoo that he got in Egypt as well. We got to […]

Leaving New Zealand

After a few wonderful years in New Zealand we have departed.  We boarded our truck onto a container ship bound for Europe and we make our way back to Europe through the U.S.A. We should reunite with our truck in December.  Realizing that the one thing about having a stationary ‘home’ is that you miss […]

Abundance

I would like to tell you a bit about where we are staying right now. We are staying with Al and Anita in a small beach town in New Zealand. They have 5 acres on the edge of the poorer part of their town. If there is a crime in this town, this is where the police […]

A Young Adventure-Zoologist’s Fantastic Weekend

Sometimes you look and see a great time unfolding for your roadschooled/worldschooled child and can’t help smile right down to your soul. Last weekend was such a weekend for TJ. It started by finding some Conservation Zoologists modifying nesting boxes for the small blue penguins while wild camping around the edges of Wellington. TJ took off […]

TJs 12th Birthday

Back on the North Island of New Zealand just before TJs 12th birthday.  Lizzy’s flatmates were all gone for the weekend and offered us the run of the flat, thanks guys.  We also got to park the truck just 2 doors down at the Newtown Bowling Club.  Excellent!  You know, sometimes it doesn’t hurt to […]

Wwoofing at Riverside

It looks like we are about ready to leave the South Island of New Zealand and head north again.  As always there are more things that we would love to have done.  That is for next time.  Andrew has only a week and a half working the hop harvest while I have been woofing at […]

4×4 Adventure on 90 Mile Beach

When I am in the middle of something great I just don’t have the time to write about it.  Right after I am just numb and filled with awe.  Later on I look at the photos and say, “Dang that was great”.  Here is me writing about one of those great experiences from last year. […]