We all have our favorite blogs that we follow, some of them religiously… eagerly anticipating the next post to see what excitement besets the blogger in question.
I was captivated by many family travel blogs during our research and preparation for our trip and in fact have made new friends exchanging information and ideas about traveling...
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I smiled when I read the words…they were SO true!
I happened upon a blog of a man that was describing how when he thinks he has come up with a new idea, he soon finds that others have beat him to it. Its kinda like the “new car syndrome” where after you purchase a new...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 Posted in Tennessee
We decided to have a little fun and try something different, instead of just visiting museums or national parks we wanted to really experience something that none of us had tried before…and for that matter, generally very few people have ever tried.
It was very likely that if we purchase property in Ecuador it would be...
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Monday, September 21, 2009 Posted in U.S.
It is easy to get used to feeding a family of 4 for a couple hundred bucks a month, spending $7.00 including drinks for a Chicken and Rice dinner for everyone was nice…those days are gone.
During our first 3 weeks back in the U.S. our biggest adjustment to life in the...
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Tags: Chicken And Rice, Coming Home, Couple Hundred, Different Ways, Distant Memories, Fridge, Hotel Discount, Hotel Guides, Hotel Rack Rates, Interstates, Leftovers, Motel Rooms, Organic Veggies, Public Transportation System, Rest Stops, Rice Dinner, Sandwiches, Share Meals, Spending Time, Sticker Shock
Sunday, September 6, 2009 Posted in Florida
Gigi has looked forward to our return to the states probably more than all of us (maybe combined), looking forward to swimming, playing at the beach, and for the past several months Gigi has counted down the days until she was going to swim with the dolphins. Somewhere along the way we agreed to a...
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Tags: Amazing Creatures, Array, Disney World, Dolphin Field, Dolphin Research Center, Dolphins, Dolphins In Florida, Drc, Field Trip, Field Trips, Grassy Key Florida, Gulf Of Mexico, Homeschool, Key Largo, Lagoons, Marine Mammals, Open Water, Peaceful Coexistence, Profit Education, Scary Proposition, Swim Dolphins, Swim With The Dolphins
Here is another case where those of you that read our blog for the travel stories will wonder what this post has to do with anything travel related, well, the short answer is that it doesn’t - but it has a lot to do with the changes we made in our personal lives that led...
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Tags: Age Groups, Array, Blog, Capitalists, Conservative, Consumption Patterns, Labels, Led, Li Ves, Mainstream, Ngo, Personal, Reading List, Resource Materials, Resources Materials, Short Answer, Social Issues, Socialists, Travel Stories
After much anticipation the Grandma has landed in Buenos Aires!
Really the plan to meet up with Barbara and Giles was drafted more than a year ago when we found out that Giles had the opportunity to speak at a conference in BA - we have all tentatively planned on meeting up in the city, and...
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Tags: 4 Months, Absense, Arm In Arm, Array, Bouncing Off The Walls, Cold Nights, Flight Status, Gigi, Giles, Hugs And Smiles, Leaps, Personal Countdown, Salt Flats, Shoes Size, Size 13, Spending Time, Streets Of The City, Subways, Walking The Streets, Whirls, Window Shopping
Lions and Tigers and Bears…
The Buenos Aires Zoo, or Jardin Zoológico is located in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires. For us it is only a hop, skip, and a jump from our apartment in Palermo Viejo or about 10 blocks. In fact, we walk by the zoo most days looking to catch...
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Tags: All Kinds Of Animals, Animals At The Zoo, Animals Lions, Apartment In Palermo, Bears, Burrows, City Bus, City Location, City Of Buenos Aires, Cool Things, Dry Grasslands, Feeding Sheep, Gigi, Giraffe, Jardin, Kiddies, Lions And Tigers, Little Guys, Palermo Viejo, Patagonian Mara, Rodent, Southern Argentina, Spring And Summer, Subway, Weekday, Zoo, Zoo Animals
The Homeschool Alternative
When we decided to live and travel in South America Homeschooling was a natural alternative for us, we obviously did not have the “luxury” of public school and since we were not planning on being in one place for more than a couple of months enrolling the kids in a local...
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Tags: 3 Years, Botanical Garden, Buenos Aires, Childs Education, Compliance, Creativity, Dignity, Drugs, Free Thinking, Gina, History Education, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Kids Education, Local School, Nail In The Coffin, New Presidential Administration, Parents, Public Education, Public School System, south america, Volunteer Hours
GLUTEN FREE BUENOS AIRES
I have been eating gluten free for the past 7 years (this is Gina). Eating gluten-free in Central and South America has been somewhat more of a challenge than I anticipated. This has been especially true in Argentina, with a huge portion of the population descended from Italian immigrants. Italian dishes such...
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Tags: Alfajor, Alto Palermo, Arenales, Artisanal, Café Con Leche, Cookie Sandwiches, Crescent Rolls, D Line, Dulce De Leche, Flavors, Free Gems, Freezer Section, Gluten Free, Gluten Free Buenos Aires, Half Moon, Italian Dishes, Italian Immigrants, Milanesa, Mozzarella, Pizza Dough, Puddings, Staples, Subte, Tempting Delights
