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.
› 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.
When we visited Madrid, Spain, we heard the legend of the mysterious secret cookies baked by cloistered nuns. Of course we had to check it out. Here's what we found.
Of all the things we did in Ubud, Bali, our favorite was visiting the Pondok Pekak Library & Learning Center.
Over at Boing Boing, Tom writes about our first experience with Bees Unlimited as we went exploring the lesser-seen areas of Angkor Archaeological Park and saw the ingenuity and experienced the kindness of the Khmer people. Oh, and we had a few tense moments with some giant honeybees.
We went to Oamaru, New Zealand to see the blue penguins. And we did. But we were taken by surprise when we learned that the town is New Zealand's steampunk capital and home to the incredible Steampunk HQ.
After exploring Hiroshima for the day, we ventured out to find a legendary restaurant. It was amazing.
Sure, the crab-eating macaques that live in Ubud's Sacred Monkey Forest are cute, but they can turn on you ... just like that.
Tom describes an early fascination with Easter Island (after watching an episode of In Search Of) and what it's like to finally visit someplace you never thought you'd ever see.
