When you travel around the world as a family of four for 333 days, you have to find a place to lay your head when the day is done. These are the 109 different places we slept during our trip around the world.
Japan’s Ghibli Museum was easily one of our family’s favorite places to visit our trip. And now anyone can see this amazing museum with an official online virtual tour.
Way back in 2015, I wrote about this world-traveling family’s 20 Most Memorable Moments of 2014. But our journey had only just started — we continued hopping across the globe for a good portion of 2015. Here are the 35 things we experienced in 2015 that we regularly talk about.
› South Dakota is 383 miles wide, and driving across it can be a long, boring affair. Fortunately, there are a few places that have sprung up along this route over the years that offer road-weary travelers a welcome respite—and an opportunity for them to part with their money.
› The United States is vast. So vast, we couldn't do everything we wanted to do. But, during the course of a few days in July, we took in some pretty monumental sights—and a few that weren't so monumental.
We took on the world, now we're taking on the United States.
› This summer we're packing up and hitting the road to experience that great tradition—the Epic American Road Trip. We'll be traveling the highways and byways of the United States, journeying through 17 states in three weeks. Join us, won't you?
› In the wee hours of our 333rd day of travel, we checked out of our Montreal hotel and took a taxi to Pierre-Elliot Trudeau Airport for the final flight of our trip—back to the United States of America.
› We heard rumors of the magical healing properties imparted by the mineral-rich geothermal heated waters of the Blue Lagoon. Of course we had to investigate this for ourselves.
› Iceland prides itself on being a land of ice and fire, and today we saw that first-hand when we toured the Golden Circle. We visited icy waterfalls, boiling glaciers, and the true birthplace of human democracy. It was an epic day.
After leaving England, we had a three-day layover in Iceland, a small island country the locals call a land of ice and fire. On our first day, we got the lay of the land in Reykjavik, along with a history lesson or two, and some delicious hot dogs.
Way back around the year 120, Roman Emperor Hadrian built a giant wall too keep the wildmen out of the northern border of the Roman Empire. Parts of that wall still stand today.
We leave London at last and head north, stopping at Milton Keynes and visit Bletchley Park, home of the World War II codebreakers before venturing on to the small town of Olney (home to a very unusual race).
As we've mentioned a few times, the City of London is but a small part of what most people consider to be London. But what makes London different from the City of London? It's complicated ...
We spent a lot of time in London, and that included some adventures into the wilds of Greater London, a really huge collection of boroughs and neighborhoods surrounding the City of London.
› We know it's been a while since you've heard from us. Here's some rationale for that—and a commitment to do better going forward. So join us, won't you?
During our 333-day trip around the world, I filmed one second of video for each day we were traveling. Well, kind of. When it was all over, all that footage was turned into a six-minute video that nicely chronicles our journey. And you can see that video right here.
› If you're interested in hearing what goes into a trip around the world, head on over to Epic Education Radio where you can listen to Jason Jenkins interview Tom about the trip.
› Although we hoped it wouldn't happen, we knew that being pick-pocketed on our trip was a very real possibility. We tried to always be careful, especially in crowded places, but we just weren't careful enough in Ho Chi Minh City.
› You may have noticed things have been a little quiet around here lately. Re-entering the United States after a year abroad has been a little more challenging than we expected and is taking more of our time than we thought it would (especially that part about filing taxes). But we're going to get back to it very soon.
When you travel around the world as a family of four for 333 days, you have to find a place to lay your head when the day is done. These are the 109 different places we slept during our trip around the world.