Traveling with friends is the way to go. Nineteen of us flew from Budva, Montenegro to Budapest, Hungary. It wasn’t the fun travel day we all imagined, but being together helped us get through it. We arrived at the airport in Podgorica thinking it would be an easy check-in because it is a small airport. The security checkpoint was not…
It’s wild to think about, but it’s been six years since Michael’s second cancer diagnosis. Yep—second. The first one? A decade before that. We like to think of it as his version of a ten-year class reunion, except instead of bad 2000s pop music and awkward small talk, it came with surgery, scans, and many hospital snacks. The first time…
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…
Montenegro is a small country located in the west-central Balkans. It became a sovereign state in 2006 when it opted for independence and broke away from Serbia, just three years after the Union of Serbia and Montenegro broke away from the former Yugoslavia. Montenegro means “Black Mountain”. The country borders Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Serbia’s breakaway province of Kosovo, and Albania.…
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…
Everywhere you turn in Istanbul a pair of watchful green eyes might peer at you from beneath a café table, or a fluffy tail might flick lazily as a feline lounges on a centuries-old stone wall. Istanbul belongs to the cats, and the people wouldn’t have it any other way. Unlike many cities where stray animals are seen as a…
The next part of our worldschooling journey started in Türkiye. We flew from Atlanta to Istanbul with frequent flyer miles, so it only cost us $100 for our four flights. Michael and Henry had a direct flight from Atlanta. Lucas and I did have to backtrack with a layover in Houston, but it was worth it. Our visit to Türkiye…
After spending a month in Arizona, it was time to head back East and prepare for our next adventure. We raced across the country driving from Phoenix to Atlanta in two days. Our second day was a 17-hour haul. It sure would be nice if Lucas were old enough to drive. It’s not too far off! We had lunch with…
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,…
The second half of our Arizona trip was just as packed as the first half. We reunited with our worldschooling friends Tonya, Troy, and Neo, whom we first met in Mexico and who we have since seen in many places around the globe. We also spent an evening with a family from Florida who we first met on a pickleball…