Come with us as we travel the world with our three children

Traveling the world with our teenagers…

Our family is leaving on June 8 on an adventure that will fundamentally change each of us. My husband of 20 years and 3 teenagers 16,13,11 (boy,boy,girl) are traveling around the world.

We will be living in Belize, Guatemala, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, Tibet, Austria, Greece, Switzerland, France, Italy, Czech Republic and Ireland over the course of the next 5 1/2 months.

We are a real family of 5, married 20 years, paying our own way. We are adventurous, scuba diving, bungee jumping, canyoning, zorbing, and we get through the tough or trying times by making each other laugh.

The travel will be “middle-class” – not backpacker travel, but not high end. We have done all of the planning, booking, prepping and packing by ourselves with the help of generous friends. . The concept – around the world in 5 months with teenagers. How does a family survive that much time together? How do teenagers leave their lives and friends and activities for such an intense learning adventure? How can we do this on a budget? How does this apply to every other family? The focus is exposure to cultures, customs, and foods, and creating global citizens by learning from other families throughout the world.

I write a travel/humor column for a regional magazine. My blog – http://www.julesnolan.com/ – has previously published articles about our travels. We plan to home school the children during the trip – with 6 languages and dozens of cultures to learn about.

We leave June 8th.

Come along.