April 11, 2017

Urban Germany: Well-oiled engine of the European Union

I woke up the other morning in the back of a Volkswagen camper van, trying to remember where exactly I was, hoping for something more definitive […]
April 7, 2017

End of the Road: We ain’t gonna work on Gabi’s farm no more

Last week we completed our tenth and what appears to be last Work-Away stint of the seemingly endless 2016-17 road show. Three and a half weeks […]
March 28, 2017

World Citizens: Children Without Borders

In this era of rising nationalism and robust border building, the need to bring up children as world citizens is greater than ever. That’s a big […]
February 22, 2017

Family Odyssey: 8 Easy Tips for Traveling with Kids

Since removing ourselves from a perfectly comfortable life on California’s idyllic Central Coast, exchanging safety and security for a world of exotic uncertainties, we are continually […]
February 11, 2017

New Year’s Revolutions: Moving Around and Thinking Ahead

Our travel updates have been few and far between these last few months. But don’t kid yourself. It’s certainly not due to a lack of interesting […]
February 1, 2017

Why not take olive me? Pursuing Permaculture in Tarragona

I never thought it would happen to me. But this week it did. After so many years of living healthy and happy-go-lucky, I became the hapless […]
December 12, 2016

Peace in the Valley: 7 Essential Outings in La Cerdanya

High in the Pyrenees, where France meets Spain and the fresh air hits the sunshine, La Cerdanya remains one of the best kept secrets in Europe. […]
December 8, 2016

Viva la diferencia: Spanish Culture Clash

Our sortie into Spanish culture continued this week with all the fearlessness of a tenacious torero, and all the irony of a quarreling windmill. Funny that […]
December 4, 2016

Spanish Immersion: Mi Queso es Su Queso, and other cultural conundrums

It’s been almost two months in the Pyrenees, and we are already settling in like a family of mollusks atop a bed of seafood paella. Which […]