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.
› 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?
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.
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.
Monday morning it was straight outta Bruges and right into Calais so we could catch the ferry across the English Channel to Dover. This would be our last day in the Schengen Area until Iceland. And it wasn't long before we saw the White Cliffs and arrived in Dover.
When it came to adventuring around Europe, we explored our options and decided that a car was the best choice.
There's only one place to turn when you need to figure out train travel anywhere in the world—The Man in Seat Sixty-One.
We leave Vietnam and take a short flight to Cambodia where we encounter deadly naga, friendly tuk tuk drivers, and a sneaky street scam. Thrills abound! Oh! And tacos!
We spent the next 32 hours in a small 4-berth cabin on the Reunification Express. Here's how we spent those 32 train-bound hours.
We spent three days aboard a junk, floating around Ha Long Bay (a UNESCO World Heritage site) in an adventure we like to call ... Ha Long We Gonna Be On This Boat?
In which we learn how to enter Vietnam.
If you've ever seen a movie that takes place on a train, where there are deluxe sleeper cars and a dining car with all sorts of delicious food ... this was not one of those.
We're booked for an over night train from Beijing to Xi'an ... but first we visit the pandas and the penguins at the Beijing Zoo.
Today was a travel day, and these always take longer than you think they should and tend to suck the life right out of you.
