As soon as Lucas turned 15, he flew from Bucharest to Italy with several of his worldschooling friends to attend the Speak Teens camp, and what an adventure it turned out to be! Speak Teens is a week-long English immersion camp where international teens help Italian kids improve their English through conversation and fun activities. Lucas and his friends were…
Some nights are magic, and this one makes the list. After a few weeks of traveling just the four of us, we reunited with our worldschooling friends in Budapest — 15 of us altogether — to see Imagine Dragons live in concert! It was a night we’d been looking forward to for months. In fact, we booked the tickets back…
We used to wonder if choosing a non-traditional lifestyle meant our kids might miss out on the classic milestones—school dances, team sports, senior pranks, that whole big coming-of-age storybook. And then Lucas went to prom in Budapest. On a river cruise. On the Danube. With a stretch Hummer limo. So… yeah. We’re not worried about that anymore. Picture this: over…
We enjoyed our time in Budva. It was relaxing, and the weather warmed up as the month went on. A large group of us took a two-hour hike along the coast from Budva to Sveti Stefan. It is a small resort town home to a five-star resort. The resort was not open, but we had a lovely lunch by the…
We met back up with our worldschooling family in Montenegro after a long, five-month separation. We were last with our friends in Southeast Asia. We met the Sigtons at a worldschool hub in Bankso, Bulgaria, in 2023. We met the Blackbourns in Chiang Mai at the end of 2023 after Michael met Renee through Facebook. We met the Crabtrees at…
Many friends and family are always curious about what our kids learn since they are not in a traditional school setting. Rest assured that they learn something new every day. Recently, Michael took Lucas and Henry and their cousins Violet and Barret on a deep dive into the world of gold. They weren’t just learning about gold—they were touching it,…
Michael’s family lives in Arizona, so we always plan to spend time there. We love spending time with Mike, Melissa, Violet, and Barrett. They are gracious to have us stay with them. They have an amazing setup: a beautiful house, a gym, and a backyard with a trampoline, a playset, a pool, and a pickleball court. The last time we…
Worldschooling offers a unique blend of education, adventure, and cultural immersion and also opens up incredible opportunities to prioritize health and fitness in ways that are often more challenging within the constraints of traditional living. As we travel, we find that staying fit is not only achievable but also a natural extension of our worldschooling lifestyle. By engaging in various…
We miss our family back in the United States when we travel, but we also have an amazing worldschooling family. We were excited to get to introduce them to each other. Michael masterminded a week at Cha Wan Villa, a lovely complex in Krabi, with his sister, Melissa, her family, and two worldschooling families. We had the entire villa complex…
Lucas is 14 years old. We started our wild worldschooling journey when he was eight years old. Oh my, how time flies. This post reflects on his last five years and all he saw and accomplished. Lucas is kind, smart, and hard-working. He makes us smile and laugh every day. Lucas was a rockstar before we started traveling. He won…