Epic Education Radio: Family Travel Podcast

Interested in house sitting in America, Mexico & beyond? Listen in as guest CJ Singer talks about house sitting in Mexico and the United States, unschooling, worldschooling, and connecting worldschoolers along the way.

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House Sitting in America and Mexico

CJ and his family have been house sitting in America since March of 2014. During that time, they've visited 43 states! Then they spent most of 2016 house sitting in Mexico, first on the Pacific coast in Melaque, and then onto the central Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. They love life in San Miguel de Allende, and we talk about what an amazing town it is in the podcast.

CJ knew that his family needed a change when they were still living in the United States. He traveled a lot, but it was for work. IN fact, sometimes he would be gone on business from Monday to Friday. Then one day it hit him when his daughter asked: "Where does Daddy actually live?"

He knew he had to make a change.

Since then, they began house sitting in America and further south. They also started a new life of education, using elements of worldschooling and unschooling with their kids.

Unschooling, Worldschooling, & Worldschooler Connect

In order to meet other traveling families, CJ created Worldschooler Connect, an online application that helps kids and their parents meet up with families traveling in similar places. If you're traveling with kids and want to meet others like you, check it out.

We also talk a lot about house sitting in Mexico and the United States. House sitting has been an increasingly popular topic for family travelers, and so I ask CJ about his experiences and tips for those considering house sitting with kids.

For example, most house sits involve some pet care. The Singer family are open to pet sits, of course, but they also travel with their own pet, as well. I ask CJ how this has affected their house sitting in America and elsewhere.

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I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do too. Listen in if you're interested in worldschooling, unschooling, vagabonding, travel routines, traveling with pets, and house sitting in America and Mexico.

IN THIS EPISODE

• 01:24 Intro
• 02:05 House sitting in America and Mexico
• 03:35 Tips for house sitting w pet
• 04:55 Other non-pet-related House sitting responsibilities
• 06:30 Travel origins
• 09:14 House sitting in Mexico (Melaque & San Miguel de Allende)
• 11:09 Worldschooler Connect & the LIF mastermind group
• 20:13 Money & work
• 21:37 Routines & life house sitting in Mexico
• 24:40 Cost of living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
• 25:59 Worldschooling & Unschooling
• 31:08 Travel Resources
• 39:30 Travel Gear

ABOUT

• Names: CJ Singer, his wife, Andrea and their son Jack & daughter Tess (11 and 8 years old)
• Hold passports from: USA
• Type of travel: Mostly house sitting in the USA & Mexico
• A few places they've been: 43 states while house sitting in America — Melaque and San Miguel de Allende while house sitting in Mexico

IN THEIR BAGS

• Zildjian Practice Pad 6"
• PS4 Slim
• MK2 Launch Pad
• Les Paul Junior Guitar Epiphone
• Ukulele (Luna Tattoo)

LINKS & RESOURCES

• Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
• Outschool
• The Nomad Together Website & Podcast
• The Location Independent Families (LIF) Group on Facebook
• The LIF Group Mastermind (a closed Slack channel. If interested, ask about it in the group)
• Duolingo
• Khan Academy
• Hotwire
• Waze

FIND THEM ON

Worldschooler Connect | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest  | The Traveling Chimps

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Homeschooling, deschooling, family house sitting, and a few typical scams in Thailand. Welcome to the King family's past 12 months of family travel.

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Deschooling, Family House Sitting, & Scams in Thailand

It's been a full year of family travel for Karen King and her family. Long-time listeners will remember that Karen and I talked before. Our first chat was just before they started traveling. Now over a year later, we reconnect to hear how things are going.

What a year it's been! After a year on the road, a lot has happened, and their family has grown and changed as a result.

Education, Unschooling and Deschooling

One of the biggest topics we discuss is their experience with homeschooling and deschooling. What is deschooling? First, let's back up and define unschooling. In the spectrum of homeschooling methods, unschooling gives kids the most autonomy. The idea is that children have their own desire to learn. Unschooling allows them to guide their educational journey. For many families, unschooling means no curriculum or "class" in the conventional sense.

If a child has been in conventional school for a while, some families start with a process called "deschooling." The deschooling process is where kids have to unlearn the old educational method. They must unlearn having teachers or a parent plan everything for them. Instead of being forced to learn, the theory goes, children will soon begin to learn on their own, using their own interests as the vehicle for education.

Did I say "kids" have to go through a deschooling process? According to Karen, so do the parents. She explains further in the podcast.

Family House Sitting

There is a way that the King family saves thousands of dollars in travel expenses. They seek out family house sitting opportunities. Not all house sits are for travelers with kids. However, there are enough homeowners open to family house sitting that it's a realistic way to travel the world.

In fact, Karen and crew have been able to secure family house sitting opportunities in places like Malaysia, Dubai, and China. Imagine you and your kids living in a nice house in a foreign country for almost no money. That's family house sitting.

Family house sitting in Dubai made a significant impact on the Kings. This was their first chance to actually interact with a Muslim community. Until then, their only experience was what they saw on TV. Meeting actual Muslims was a huge eye-opener for them. She details this experience in our conversation.

Travel budgeting

When I spoke to Karen last, her husband, Cameron, had an unusual work arrangement. He worked on an oil rig and was going to continue to work as they traveled. He worked seven days on, seven days off, and flew to meet the family during his weeks. When his entire team was made redundant, the Kings had to reconsider their budget. More on that in the show.

Death of a King, and Typical Scams in Thailand

Karen and family's time in Thailand was another impactful family travel experience. First of all, they arrived just after the Thai King's death and wondered if they had made a serious mistake. As it turns out, this made their time in Thailand even more meaningful. Karen explains the warmth and graciousness of the Thai people in ways some have not seen.

That doesn't mean that they weren't exposed to scams in Thailand, however. There are many scams in Thailand, in fact. Most of them are fairly harmless: overcharging a gullible tourist, or cheating on a few dollars here and there. These things can happen, but they shouldn't dissuade you from visiting Thailand. The other experiences they had far outweighed getting tricked into a lame boat trip, as Karen explains.

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Listen in as Karen and I discuss, travel budgeting, homesickness, unschooling/deschooling, family house sitting, scams in Thailand, and much more. And please share!

IN THIS EPISODE

• 03:38 Introduction
• 05:27 Cameron's unique work schedule
• 08:20 Education & unschooling
• 10:21 Deschooling
• 15:59 Family house sitting in Dubai
• 18:50 Travel and family house sitting in Kuala Lumpur
• 20:05 Visiting Thailand after the king's death
• 23:20 A few typical scams in Thailand
• 30:31 Lessons learned from scams in Thailand
• 33:18 Getting homesick
• 36:56 Budgeting, family house sitting, and funding travel after the redundancy
• 42:32 Family house sitting advantages and tips for getting started

ABOUT

• Names: Karen King, her husband Cameron, and their kids, Brody and Sienna (12 & 6)
• Hold passports from: Australia
• Type of travel: Long-term travel & Family house Sitting
• A few places they've been: UAE, China, and all over Europe and Southeast Asia.

IN THEIR BAGS

The King's travel very lightly – with only 7kg of carry-on luggage each, plus a pack for electronics. This includes all they need for both hot and cold weather – from near 40º degrees Celsius in Southeast Asia to -16º degrees in Bucharest, Romania. The King family invested in good quality, lightweight gear for cold weather, which means they are nice and warm, without adding too much weight to their packs!

They each carry three pairs of shoes (hiking boots, sandals and flip-flops). Only when they arrived in cold weather did they pick up scarves, hats, and gloves. Therefore, they didn't have to carry them around for months before needing them

For cold weather, their favorite items include goose or duck down jackets and merino thermals. However, for summer, quality travel shirts and pants can be worn for a couple of days between washes, and convertible pants with zip-off legs mean less space needed in their packs!

The Kings love their power cube and have a range of adapters that they use on it, depending which country they are in. Also, a 10-port powered USB hub has allowed the Kings to cut down on adapters!

LINKS & RESOURCES

• Khan Academy for animation
• Prodigy Math Game
• Worldschoolers group on Facebook
• The Trail Wallet budget app
• Trusted House Sitters
• House Sit Match
• My house sitting post

FIND THEM ON

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Sustainable travel, large family travel and family cruises — just three of the many topics covered in my conversation with Amber Mamian of the Global Munchkins family travel blog.

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Sustainable Travel, Large Family Travel & Family Cruises

Amber is the mother of five children: three biological, and two via adoption. Her love of travel actually was actually triggered by adoption travel. Her son, Shea, was adopted from Ethiopia, and that required her being present to pick him up.

Amber was once afraid of flying. Then she boarded a 14-hour flight to Ethiopia, and soon afterward, her fear of flying was gone.

Her fear was replaced by wanderlust.

Their infant daughter Olivia joined the family and "completed the puzzle," Amber says. How does she manage to travel with five kids? She explains some of her strategies here. That includes practicing and role-playing how to act in airports and customs lines.

The Importance of Sustainable Travel

Amber is an advocate of sustainable tourism, and active in charity work. One of those charities is Water First, whose work in Ethiopia first led her towards Shea's adoption. The desire to help has rubbed off on her kids, as well. For example, her daughter has her own baking business: she makes macarons and donates the proceeds to charity.

Sustainable travel takes many forms. In this Epic Education Radio interview, we talk about how to get your tourist dollars to the right people. Amber also talks about travel in the developing world, and the impact of sustainable travel.

Large Family Travel & Cruises

In addition to these journeys, Amber's large family travel adventures include family cruises. Have you tried a family cruise before? This interview makes a strong argument for them.

Family cruises are great because of all the fun activities, of course. However, Amber cites another benefit: there's no moving from one hotel to another. Staying in one room is incredibly convenient — especially with large family travel. When you travel with five kids, you want less packing and unpacking. Family cruises provide this convenience.

Listen in as we discuss sustainable travel, travel gear, travel tips, education, traveling with five kids, and how to get the most out of family cruises.

IN THIS EPISODE

• 03:38 Introduction
• 04:52 Origins as a traveling family
• 09:15 Large family travel planning & routines
• 14:12 Family Cruises: an introduction
• 16:31 Social life on family cruises
• 19:41 Challenges of family cruises
• 20:40 Travel in the developing world
• 24:07 Her daughter's business/charity
• 25:09 Sustainable travel
• 27:55 Travel Gear
• 31:41 Resources
• 34:03 Searching for flight in "incognito"
• 36:50 Travel, education and pulling kids out of school
• 39:48 Destinations

ABOUT

• Names: Amber Mamian, her husband, Mike,  and their 5 kids: Cam (14), Owen (12), Shea (10), Ella (9) and Olivia, aka: Liv (3)
• Hold passports from: USA
• Type of travel: Short-term travel
• A few places they've been: Ethiopia, Dubai, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, and many destinations in Europe and the USA

IN THEIR BAGS

• Sony a6000
• GoPro Hero4
• EzPacking Packing Cubes
• The Demi Hugger
• Ergobaby Carrier
• Sable Rucksack Backpack from Just Porter

LINKS & RESOURCES

• Water First (Charity)
• No Kid Hungry (Charity)
• Macarons de Ella (daughter's business/charity)
• Trip Advisor
• Rome to Rio
• The Flight Deal
• Secret Flying
• Skyscanner
• Momondo
• Duolingo
• Toca Boca apps

FIND THEM ON

Global Munchkins | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram | Youtube

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Gudrun is an Icelandic single mom who's been living in Senegal with kids for some time now. If you've ever been interested in traveling in Western Africa, listen in!

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Guðrún leads a very interesting life. Based in the Senagalese capital of Dakar, she lives, works and raises three kids while finishing her PhD and working a variety of freelance jobs. Here she talks about how she the cost of living in Dakar, and how she manages work, education, parenting while living in Senegal with kids. Listen in if you want to hear about fun things to do in Dakar, and what it's like to live in Senegal.

• 03:41 Intro
• 06:00 Life in Senegal with kids
• 08:45 I bring up  a previous guest who traveled in Rwanda, and the photographer Ami Vitale
• 10:29 Languages, language learning and the rise of French in Africa
• 16:02 Education and resources
• 19:44 The kids' social life in Dakar
• 21:47 How they manage time, social life and school work
• 23:47 Getting around Dakar, Senegal with kids
• 28:09 Things to do in Senegal with kids
• 31:19 Markets and cultural opportunities in Dakar
• 33:30 Food in Dakar
• 36:05 Money management, funding life in Senegal and hiring help
• 43:00 Cost of living in Dakar, Senegal with kids

• Names: Guðrún Helga Jóhannsdóttir and her four kids (4, 9, 13, and 21 years old — the oldest now lives on her own in Denmark)
• Hold passports from: Iceland
• Type of travel: Living abroad in Senegal with kids

• iPads & and headphones for each child
• MacBook Air
• iPhone 6s+ (for communication, photography & videos)
• Canon 40D
• External hard drives and USBs 
• Power stations for the iPads & iPhone

• Photographer Ami Vitale
• Khan Academy for Programming
• Upwork
• Horizons Unlimited  and Africa Overland for driving in Africa

Her Professional Site | Mommy Needs to Travel |Facebook |Instagram| Pinterest | Youtube

How would you enjoy living in Mexico City with kids? Katja Gaskel, one-half of family travel adventure blog, Globetotting, has called the place home for several years now, and she has a lot to say about it.

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Mexico has so much to offer traveling families, and in this Epic Education interview, Katja and I discuss much of what the country has to offer. Our focus is on living in Mexico City with kids, but was also talk about what traveling families can do if they are passing through for just a few days. Listen in if you're interested in things to do in Mexico City, day trips from Mexico city, and other great places to go in Mexico with kids.

• 03:32 Intro
• 06:46 Expat life, & living in Mexico City with kids
• 14:00 More about Mexico City for traveling families
• 17:18 Getting around Mexico City with kids
• 20:39 Kid-friendly Mexico City museums
• 24:32 Day trips from Mexico City
• 26:36 Food and eating in Mexico City
• 28:28 Opening hours in Mexico City
• 30:oo Places to stay in Mexico city
• 31:52 Other great places in Mexico for families
• 35:04 What's in Katja's bag

• Names: Katja Gaskel, her husband, Nick, and their three kids Alfie, Tess and Sam (9, 7, & almost 2 years old)
• Hold passports from: UK
• Type of travel: Living abroad, travel during school/work holidays
• A few places they've been: Lived in Australia, India & now living in Mexico City with kids. Has traveled even further.

• E-Bags Packing Cubes
• North Face Duffel Bags
• Phil & Ted's Travel Cot
• Mountain Buggy travel high chair
• Panasonic Lumix ZS100
• GoPro Hero5
• Top Trumps card game
• iPads
• iPhones

• Mexico City Street Food Tours
  • Eat Mexico
  • Sabores Mexico
• Hotels in Mexico City
  • The Red Treehouse Hotel in Condesa neighborhood
  • The Condesa DF Hotel
  • St. Regis Hotel

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Overland travel in South America can be one of the best ways to see the continent. This week's guest, Jennifer Sparks, has a lot to say about traveling overland in South America with kids, as well as family travel in Mexico, Central America, and elsewhere.

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Like earlier guests the Baid family, Jennifer Sparks loves overland travel. So much so, that they're taken two incredible trips. The first was driving from Europe through many parts of Africa. Years later, with their young son, they embarked on an equally ambitious plan: driving from the arctic circle deep into South America. This time however, there were three passengers.

In this Epic Education Interview, Jennifer and I talk about many nuts-and-bolts aspects of overland travel in South America with kids, including money management, education, working and parenting on the road, and readjusting to life once the trip is over.

• 02:30 Intro
• 04:40 Travel origins and overland travel in Africa
• 06:30 Overland Travel Routines
• 11:43 Working on the move
• 14:00 Money management
• 19:00 Gear & essentials for overland travel in South America with kids
• 25:20 Using SIM cards in various Latin American countries
• 29:48 Educating and parenting on the road
• 35:54 Thoughts on Education
• 42:23 Readjustment and returning "home"
• 50:39 Online resources
• 56:29 Recommended destinations

• Names: Jennifer Sparks, her husband Witt, and their son, Quinn (8 y/o)
• Hold passports from: USA
• Type of travel: Overland travel — From Canada to South America
• A few places they've been:  19 countries in 2.5 years

• MacBook Pro
• iPad
• iPhone (unlocked)
• Find Me Spot Device
• Panasonic Lumix fz2000 Camera
• Keen Sandals
• Clothing from Ex Officio and other synthetic materials
• Their Amazing Van

• iOverlander
• Pocket Earth
• Charles Schwab & Fidelity (no foreign transaction fees)
• Money Journal HD
• Trail Wallet
• Project-Based Homeschooling (website)
• Project-Based Homeschooling (Book)
• Coffee Break Spanish Podcast
• Barefoot World Atlas
• Story Cubes
• "I Love Toy Trains" video series
• I mentioned how a previous guest used Whatsapp to track his location during this family's epic road trip

For more about overland travel in South America with kids, and much more, find the Sparks family here:

When Sparks Fly | Practical Overlander | Facebook | Twitter 

Raising good travelers starts early, says Tamara Gruber. As a passionate family traveler with a gift for vacation planning and family travel organization, she should know.

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In this Epic Education Radio interview, I talk with Tamara about the origins of her passion for travel and what she considers important for raising traveling kids. We talk about raising good travelers, as well as the resources she uses for planning family vacations and other family travel tools.

Tamara and I talk about luggage, online resources and a few of her favorite family travel destinations. Listen in if you're interested in raising good travelers!

• 02:55 Intro
• 4:56 Origins as a traveling family
• 8:00 Raising good travelers: Start early
• 16:56 How she researches
• 21:32 Raising good travelers: Involving them planning
• 24:10 I mentioned wild swimming
• 25:54 Travel Planning Resources
• 28:46 What Tamara carries with her
• 33:36 Recommended destinations

• Names: Tamara Gruber, her husband and daughter Hannah (12 y/o)
• Hold passports from: USA
• Type of travel: Family vacations during work & school holidays
• A few places they've been: Iceland, Italy, Spain, Costa Rica, Mexico, and multiple locations in Canada, and the United States

• Wipes & sanitizer 
• Snacks like Cliff bars and Luna protein bars
• Olympus OMD E-M10 Mirrorless Camera
• Bose Noise Canceling Headphones
• Hard Case suitcase by Travelpro
• Anatomie Travel Clothing

• Good Reads
• Lonely Planet "Not for Parents" Series
• The "Mission" Kids Scavenger Hunt books by Catherine Aragon
• Rick Steeves
• Lonely Planet
• Pinterest
• Trip Advisor City Guides
• AirBnB
• Open Table
• Yelp
• DuoLingo
• Coffee Break Spanish 
• Google Drive
• M Trip Itinerary tools
• Umapped

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Holiday family travel with a drone? Intense, perhaps, but rewarding. That's one of the ways the Wagar family gets the most out of their journeys. Here Kevin Wagar shares his experience.

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Many Epic Education Radio guests travel for extended periods of time. Some are gap year travelers, slow travelers or other long-term travelers. Others are trying round-the-world travel or living abroad. However, you don't have to sell everything and leave town to experience meaningful family travel. Previous guests like Cliff Hsia, Mark Wyld, Eric Stoen all have homes, jobs and kids in school, but when they travel, they make the most of it.

The Wagars do something similar, balancing work, schools, and sports teams while planning epic family travel with a drone and other technologies that help them capture amazing family travel memories.

Listen in if you're interested in travel gear, camera gear, overcoming the fear of family travel, and a few of the rules of family travel with a drone.

• 2:55 Intro
• 4:05 Origins as a traveling family (Kevin wasn't a natural traveler at first)
• 6:53 I mentioned when my kids overcame fear when we first started traveling
• 7:42 Travel habits and committing to travel time
• 14:51 Travel gear
• 19:38 Family Travel with a drone
• 24:10 Travel day routines
• 28:35 Travel resources
• 34:26 Recommended destinations

• Names: Kevin and Christina Wagar and their two young sons
• Hold passports from: Canada & Philippines
• Type of travel: Short-term travel during vacation time
• A few places they've been: Jordan, Iceland, and Argentina

• Canon 7D
• Sigma 10-20 lens
• Canon 24-70 2.8 Lens
• DJI Phantom 3 Advanced
• GoPro Hero 3+ Silver
• Lanparte LA3D 3-Axis Gimbal
• Olympus TG-4 Tough
• 2 iPads
• 2 Deuter Kikki backpacks
• Deuter 15-liter backpack
• 1 MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) Bag
• Osprey Stratos 36-liter

• National Geographic Kids
• Trip Advisor
• Pinterest
• Google Flights
• Expedia

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As 2016 comes to a close, I want to wish you an amazing new year and also give you a short guide through one full year of amazing family travel interviews.

In this episode I talk about some of the things I've learned from guests on Epic Education Radio this year, along with a few excerpts. I hope you find these conversations as inspiring and useful as I do.

On the left is the timecode. On the right are the links to the relevant episodes.

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• 03:59 — Episode #38: Andrew Davis talks about who naps trump lunch in Barcelona
• 05:02 — Episode #49: Conrad & Regina Braun talk about the versatility of duct tape 
• 06:14 — Episode #72: Running marathons & traveling vegan with a baby
• 06:51 — Episode #77: Sharon Gourlay talks about "the younger the better"

Want more about families who travel with babies? Or with preschoolers?

• 09:41 — Episode #46: Donna Carvel's castle
• 11:06 —  Episode #66: The North family's welcome party
• 10:54 — Episode #67: The Tullis Family
• 12:02 — Episodes #52 & Episode #80: Daniel Prince & a home swapping wager

Want about house sitting and family travel accommodation?

• 16:27 — Episode #44: Maria Belfort and RTW travel with a preschooler
• 17:06 — Episode #42: Jason Marshal on the importance of life insurance and the investment in education through travel.

Want a more about gap year and round-the-world travel?

• 21:24 — Episode #56: Caroline king talks about leaving Sweden's school system for good
• 21:50 — Episode #73: Jen Silver discusses Worldschooling after a family crisis
• 22:36 — Episode #60: Jennifer Miller discusses the importance of educational philosophy before methodology.

Want more about families who homeschool or who travel with tween and teens?

• 26:26 — Episode #45: The Luxpats talk Fufilment by Amazon and more
• 27:29 — Episode #50: The Suero family talk about medical care abroad 

Want a more complete list of families who travel long-term, work online, or travel as digital nomads? 

• 31:26 —Episode #36: The Workmans built a business in Costa Rica
• 31:41 — Episode #39: Liisa Vexler on living in Costa Rica
• 31:59 — Episode #55: Dan Sherman in Panama and Cancun, Mexico
• 32:17 — Episode #57: Krystal Blue built a global business based in Tulum, Mexico
• 32:59 — Episode #59: Scottie & Bryan Elliot on living in San Miguel de Allende
• 33:26 — Episode #37: Virginie Auguste-Dormeuil in Rome  
• 33:44 — Episode #76: Anne-Cerise Luzy on living in Vanuatu
• 34:11 — Episode #47: Emma Hall on living & working in Korea 
• 34:26 — Episode #43: Amanda Moutakki in Morocco -- culture shock
• 36:27 — Episode #51: Keri Hedrik on using Instagram to find out family travel info

Want a more complete list of families who live abroad? Want to hear about our experience moving to Spain?

• 38:42 — Episode #40: Cliff Hsia on importance of family travel
• 38:58 — Episode #41: Rob Taylor on car seats, saving for travel & more
• 39:23 — Episode #63: Eric Stoen on camera gear and what makes a family-friendly hotel
• 40:08 — Episode #64: Mark Wyld's accommodation tips and hi "3-3-3-5" packing rule.

Want a more about short-term travel?

• 42:43 — Episode #69: The Gebbia Family on Working Remotely from an RV
• 43:01 — Episode #74: Jason Calhoun on making an RV movie
• 43:20 — Episode #65:  The Boyink Family explains Walmart's RV policy 
• 46:02 — Episode #48: Anand Baid on driving from India to France
• 47:12 — Episode #79 Behan & Jamie Gifford describe their son Nial's WWII discovery

Want a more about sailing, RV travel and overland travel?

If you're interested in family travel in Spain, then listen up. There is so much to see and do in Spain for families, and after 18 months in the country, we have a lot of Spain family travel tips to share.

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In this week's episode, the kids join me at the mic to talk family travel in Spain. This is our first full year of living and family travel in Spain, and so I invited Keiko and the kids into my recording session to talk about their favorite memories of the year.

Whether it's for a week, a summer or a year, there is so much to see and do in Spain for families. We've barely scratched the surface after a year and a half! When we talk about family travel in Spain, I break up our conversation into four parts. First we discuss Valencia, our adopted home since 2015. Then we move on to our travels in Barcelona and the Costa Blanca region. Finally we discuss our near magical road trip through Northern Spain.

• 2:52 Intro
• 4:09 Valencia
• 4:31 Going to a La Liga (Spanish Football league) game in Valencia
• 5:56 Al Bufera & living in the land of Paella
• 7:34 The Fallas Festival in Valencia
• 10:09 The Costa Blanca region intro
• 10:44: Terra Mítica Amusement Park
• 11:19 Sea Kayaking in Javea
• 12:07 Being in Barcelona for an El Classico
• 14:18 Visiting Camp Nou
• 16:20 Driving in Toldeo
• 17:32 Getting kicked out of a thermal bath in Ourense, Galicia
• 19:30 Canyoning in Galicia
• 22:00 Playa de las Catedrales & Santiago de Compostela
• 23:18 The Asturias Region (hiking the Ruta de las Xanas & Picos de Europa)
• 24:02 Wild Swimming
• 26:13 Surfing in Santander and the Basque Country
• 26:32 San Juan Gaztelugatxe & the Oma Panted Forest
• 27:06 Stand Up Paddleboarding in San Sebastian
• 28:28 Zaragoza: Using City Cards & eating tapas

Family travel in Spain is one thing. Living in Spain in another. If you want to learn more about how our move to Spain (with little help or and even less Spanish) I'm setting up a dedicated page to detail our journey from Malaysia and Japan to Spain.