We had such a wonderful time in Paris! We visited our good friends and met their baby son (who is the cutest), we ate lots of delicious bread and pastries, we visited new and old places, and we picked up our leased car to start our European road trip. Since this was not our first […]
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Five Days In The Heat Of Dubai

Hello everyone! We’ve been staying busy, and we’re finally finding the time to share our five days in Dubai. Dubai was a very different place! It’s ultra-modern, almost futuristic. And it was incredibly hot. We experienced an average of 104 Fahrenheit / 42 Celsius every day, with lows of about 90 degrees F / 32 […]
Good Times In Kuala Lumpur With The Kids

Hello again! We left Kuala Lumpur a few days ago after spending a wonderful time there. KL, like the rest of Malaysia, is also very kid-friendly and people were always trying to make our kids smile and interact with them. This was our second time in KL. We really loved it when we visited in […]
Penang And Ipoh With Kids

We started our trip in Penang, Malaysia. Penang was a lot of fun! It was a great place to start our adventure, and we could have stayed there for a lot longer and not run out of things to do. Before arriving to Penang we had a very positive experience: On our flight from Singapore […]
Packing List For A Year For A Family Of Four

Hi everyone! We are writing from Penang, Malaysia, where we are starting our year! We got here on Saturday around noon, after having left San Francisco on Thursday night. The 16-hour flight to Singapore went really well with the kids and we enjoyed a leisurely 5-hour layover at Changi airport before taking a short flight […]
Why and How We’re Taking a Year to Travel

We have been getting a lot of questions since sharing our plans of taking a year off to go travel. To share how we are making this trip happen, what our planning process has been, how we’re making it work with kids, what we’re packing, and so on. Some people have been asking us to […]