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.
Unlike Kyoto, we make the most of our day in Hiroshima.
Despite being seasoned adventurers, we failed at exploring Kyoto.
As much as we were enjoying Tokyo, we wanted to explore other parts of Japan. We had plans to visit Osaka, Kyoto, and Hiroshima over the next week.
After a spooky midnight disturbance, we had to move our residence and get some train tickets ... if only we could keep track of our stuff.
We wanted to see a little more of Tokyo, so we scheduled a walking tour that would take us to some different parts of the city. But first, we had to close the book on our Chinese visas.
We take care of even more business in Tokyo and meet up with some family.
We visit Ra.a.g.f (Rabbit and grow fat), a rabbit cafe in the heart of Shibuya.
We had two prime goals for the day — apply for our Chinese visas and get some tickets to Museum Ghibli. We only succeeded in one of them.
As our plane began its bumpy descent into Shanghai's Pudong Airport, we knew one thing for certain: making our connecting flight was going to be close.
