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On July 21, 2024 our family of four left Canada to travel the world for a year.

  • Background & Planning for an Around the World Trip

    This trip, gap year, sabbatical, sojourn, whatever you prefer to call it, has been years in the making and something we talked about even before we had kids.   Trevor is fortunate to have the option of taking a four over five as a teacher, spreading four years of his salary over five years, with the…

  • This Is Us

    Although we are all on the same journey over the next year, we will each take away different experiences. Hopefully we will challenge ourselves and each other as we explore the globe. Here is a bit about how we will each contribute to this trip, what each of us looks forward to seeing most, as…

  • Ready or Not!

    I mistakenly thought that the three-week buffer between ending work and leaving for Lisbon would give us plenty of time to hammer out the last few details needed to see us off. We leased our house furnished, so only had to remove personal belongings, which I grossly underestimated. Turns out we have a lot of…