Archive for the Pre-trip Category
Posted on September 23, 2009 by Dawn
Our last days seem to be a blur – they went so fast. There were so many little details to take care of.
Migrating my desktop to my new laptop, packing and cleaning the house, picking up last minute items, downloading our music to the new laptop, scanning important docs and memories along with our precious [...]
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Posted on September 13, 2009 by Dawn
In thinking where to go first I thought I should think about weather. I knew I didnt want us freezing our tushies off in the winter – so I thought southern France, Spain and Portugal would be warmer than other parts of Europe for January and February. I also have a visa situation to deal [...]
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Posted on September 13, 2009 by Dawn
What we will miss most of all is Peter. He is our rock and we have such deep love for him. Knowing that he will visit us along our journey and that we have Skype is the only way we could do this. We truly would not be making this trip right now if not [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2009 by Dawn
In a situation like this you would think that there would be time where I actually get to the moment where I ‘decide’ to go – right? Well that never happened. Instead I felt gently pulled to each new step, there was no effort involved, no decisions, just excitement and a tug to take each [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2009 by Dawn
We purchased Connie today. The children named her Connie because she is a Coachmen Leprachaun – chaun – Connie. She is beautiful, has low miles and seems to be perfect for us. We drive her home from Orlando.
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Posted on June 25, 2009 by Dawn
So, IF we did go – what would we need to do? To bring? How would we prepare?
I had all of our passports already – but I wanted to get my international driving permit and our European camping card. Figure out how to get insurance for an RV and a skype account.
I purchased a book [...]
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Posted on June 6, 2009 by Dawn
I read www.SoulTravelers.com blog all the way through. I’m so very inspired and impressed with this famly. They have been traveling Europe in a small RV with their young daughter for 3 years with no desire to go back to rooted living.
I found other family travel blogs and read so many books over the next [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2009 by Dawn
When I was pregnant with Marissa I knew that I wanted to travel with her and her siblings. It was one of my motivations to homeschool. So for the last 8 years I have been dreaming of seeing the world thru their eyes and living, laughing and loving along the way. I’ve been part of [...]
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