Articles By

Alyson Long

One Day in London

Today was declared computer free day, we’ve all been wired up to the internet far too much lately. I’ve been ...
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Inside Cabin or Outside Cabin on a Cruise Ship?

Should you choose an inside cabin or an outside cabin on a cruise ship? I should say stateroom, they call ...
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Where Not to Save Money on Travel

There are ways to save money on travel that are great, a good idea, the best ways. But trying to ...
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Amazingly Family Friendly Villa in Umbria

Our week-long Italy trip centered around the most amazingly family friendly villa in Umbria. I’ve actually never seen accommodation so geared up ...
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Kids Cooking Class in Italy. Making Pasta.

I’m never going to be able to eat dried pasta again after our time in Italy. Fresh, home-made pasta, produced ...
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Truffle Hunting in Italy

As we were tucking into a sensational plate of spaghetti with fresh black truffles the other night, it was mentioned ...
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The Gubbio Cable Car. Riding a Bird Cage. Gubbio Funivia

The Gubbio cable car was a shock to me this morning. I knew our group was planning to take a ...
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Family Travel Blog, Travel With Kids (Tips)

We are a family travel blog, travel with kids is easy and good for families and parents alike, often. Here ...
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Dinner on Key Largo

Let’s rewind 2 months to our last night in the Americas. Dinner on Key Largo was a treat for us, ...
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London Science Museum (With Kids- It’s Awesome!)

The London Science Museum is one of the very best museums in London and is perfect with kids and interesting ...
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How to Have Freedom and Change Your Life. Finding Freedom in Life

We’ve been “Living the Dream” for 2 years now. We’ve been travelling full-time, seeing the world and spending most of ...
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Legoland Windsor Review

Legoland Windsor, near London in England is the Legoland for Great Britain. This Legoland Park was Legoland 3 for us, ...
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Why We Don’t Travel Light

We don’t travel light. We travel with 2 large backpacks, 2 small kids’ backpacks and 2 pieces of adult carry-on ...
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London Zoo | Review | Visiting London Zoo

London Zoo is one of the best zoos in the world, we think. Is London Zoo worth visiting? Yes London ...
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What is Forest School? Worldschooling in London

We attended Forest School in London for 2 or 3 terms during our second year of full-time travel. We incorporated ...
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One Year of Travel. Food Highlights

We’ve just completed one year of non-stop family travel. We made it from Australia, to Asia, to Europe, to Central ...
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What Did it Cost to Travel the World for a Year?

Now in year 5 of full time travel, I can’t believe we travelled so cheaply in year one. We had ...
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Why Visit Hawaii?

Why visit Hawaii? Well why not? Here we are in London, loving everything the capital has to offer, but still, ...
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World Schooling. One Year of Travel. Homeschooling Highlights

This post was written after our first full year of homeschooling around the world. We continues homeschooling worldwide for another ...
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The Crappy Bits From 1 Year of Travel – Travel Lowlights

We’ve had our share of ups and downs over the last 12 months of non-stop travel. We’ve had a fantastic ...
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Travel Highlights From One Year of Travel

Travel highlights from the first 1 year of a multi-year trip. Yes, it’s true, we’re just coming up to one ...
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USA

Airboat Ride in The Everglades. Amazing!

Since I was a kid watching wildlife shows on TV, I’ve wanted to take an airboat ride in the Everglades, ...
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Lloret de Mar. Indie Travel with Kids to a Package Destination?

So what on earth are we doing in Lloret de Mar, one of those places in Spain famed for package ...
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Our Cruise on Norwegian Epic.

Hello from our Atlantic Crossing cruise on Norwegian Epic! Epic is a beautiful ship and we’re off to a good ...
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Bus From Flores to Guatemala City. So Bad?

I’m no princess. I’ve travelled on night buses many times. We take them as often as we can, it saves ...
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Tikal With Kids

The highlight of our time in Guatemala was Tikal National Park, the most incredible set of Mayan ruins in the world. ...
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Good Friday Procession, Easter in Flores Guatemala

Good Friday, two religions in one day. Ancient Mayan traditions in a steamy sub-tropical rainforest at Tikal and an evening ...
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Good Friday At Tikal Guatemala

Wow, what a day, what a place, what a huge amount of learning! We are in Guatemala for Easter and ...
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Breakfast Around the World

Breakfast foods are possibly the most interesting and variable as you travel around the world. Through 6 years of travel, ...
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From Antigua to San Pedro La Laguna & Lake Atitlan Guatemala

Dedicated followers (there are a few!) will know that we just spent a whole month in Antigua Guatemala quietly getting ...
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Bushwalking in Australia

Australia offers some amazing bushwalking opportunities and surprisingly, some of the best are within a few hours’ drive of the ...
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Travel is a Waste of Money: Discuss

A percentage of the global population think that travel is a waste of money. It had honestly never crossed my ...
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Sri Lankan Breakfast

Sri Lankan curry for breakfast, you can’t beat it. Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day and Sri Lankan ...
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Kandy to Dambulla, Sri Lanka

This post is about getting from Kandy to Dambulla to visit the Dambulla Cave Temples, the experience of visiting and ...
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Surfers Paradise – Reasons to Visit

Ten million tourists visit Queensland’s Gold Coast every pre-Covid year, handily generating over $2.5 billion for the region. Whether they ...
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Travel During Perimenopause

Perimenopause has been a roller-coaster ride for sure. When we left home in 2013 I already knew that I was in the ...
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Things to Do on a Cruise Ship – That You May Not Have Thought Of.

We’re cruise mad here at the moment, we’re taking our second Trans Atlantic Cruise in a couple of weeks and ...
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Things to do in Kandy Sri Lanka

When you think of things to do in Kandy the big-ticket attractions are what probably come to mind, places like ...
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Food in Antigua Guatemala

We are having a very nice time here in Antigua Guatemala, quietly living our lives for a month. the Guatemalan ...
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Attacked by Dogs in Antigua

We travel to find new and different experiences, but while being attacked by dogs in Antigua qualified for both categories, ...
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Getting to Guatemala from USA. The Cheap Way.

We think we found a great way of Getting to Guatemala from USA at the end of our 1 month ...
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Is Cruising Safe For Kids? Cruise Ships With Kids

Cruising with kids, cruising can be a lot of fun for families with kids and also an affordable vacation or ...
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