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He's curious about everything.
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5 Steps to better family travel in 2013

By Heather on January 10, 2013

If you’ve been trying to make your family travel experiences less like a three-ringed circus and more like those ads they show on TV, I’ve got news for you!

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Posted in Family Travel, General, Life Lessons, Parenting | Tagged family, family travel, globetrotting kids, RTW with kids, travel, travel with kids | 7 Responses

We found teachers all along the way. The learning never stopped.
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7 Ways to Prepare your Kids for Longterm Travel

By Heather on October 9, 2012

If you’ve been thinking about around the world or long term travel with your kids, you’ve likely considered whether your kids are the right age or if it will be too difficult to re-integrate them when they’re home. We’ve been there and back. Here’s what we did and what worked well.

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Posted in Family Travel, Parenting, The World Trip | Tagged extended travel, family travel, globetrotting kids, long term family travel, parenting, round the world, RTW, RTW with kids, travel with kids | 4 Responses

Trying new things in China
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Five Things: Don’t travel the world without them

By Heather on September 29, 2012

If we’d brought nothing but these five things we’d still have had an amazing trip.

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Posted in Family Travel, Great Stuff, Life Lessons, The World Trip | Tagged family travel, life lessons, long term family travel, RTW with kids, what to pack | 5 Responses

Danger lurking around every corner? I didn't find it.
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5 habits we left behind to travel the world (and never need to pick up again)

By Heather on September 1, 2012

Our committment to having one suitcase each meant that we had to make serious decisions about what could come along for the trip. It was an exercise I’d reccomend anyone take – traveling or not.

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Posted in Family Travel, Life Lessons, The World Trip | Tagged family travel, globetrotting mama, life lessons, long term travel, RTW with kids, travel, travel habits | 38 Responses

Not sure where one ends and the other begins and grateful for that
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My two sons

By Heather on January 13, 2012

Six months after leaving home my sons are closer than ever.

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Posted in Adventure, Family Travel, Parenting, The World Trip | Tagged family travel, globetrotting kids, RTW with kids, travel with kids | 27 Responses

A koala is a marsupial
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Globetrotting Kids: Australia Animals

By Cameron on November 5, 2011

Hi it is Cameron and Ethan again and we are going to talk about Australian animals.

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Posted in Adventure, Family Travel, The Globetrotting Kids, The World Trip | Tagged animals, Australia, family travel, globetrotting kids, kids travel, round the world, RTW with kids, travel with kids | 5 Responses

A Bumpy Start and Fabulous Finish to Apartment Rental Down Under
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A Bumpy Start and Fabulous Finish to Apartment Rental Down Under

By Heather on October 30, 2011

We had received confirmation of the apartment and instructions on where to pick up the key but emails to the owner netted no responses and as we approached landing in Sydney the knots in my stomach weren’t from the bumpy flight.

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Posted in Adventure, Family Travel, The World Trip | Tagged apartment rental, Australia, family travel, Roomorama, RTW with kids, Sydney, travel with kids | 3 Responses

So much more than lunch: Our time at a Shanghai Children's Hospice
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So much more than lunch: Our time at a Shanghai Children’s Hospice

By Heather on October 25, 2011

There are moments on this trip that hit me so hard that weeks after they’ve happened tears still well when I think about them.
This was one of them.

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Posted in Adventure, Family Travel, Great Stuff, Life Lessons, The World Trip | Tagged China, Orphanage, RTW with kids, Shanghai | 14 Responses

Leaving was tough on all of us
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Yangshuo Unexpected

By Heather on October 15, 2011

I was tired and I just wanted to get to the hotel. Then I looked out the window.

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Posted in Adventure, Family Travel, Great Stuff, The World Trip | Tagged Asia, China, family travel, RTW, RTW with kids, travel with kids, Yangshuo | 7 Responses

The Next Leg of our Journey: Itinerary Part 2
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The Next Leg of our Journey: Itinerary Part 2

By Heather on October 13, 2011

More than 100 days, nine countries and countless adventures. Want more? We hope so.

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Posted in Adventure, Family Travel, The Map, The World Trip | Tagged family travel, Itinerary, planning, RTW, RTW with kids, travel with kids | 20 Responses

The cuddles are constant
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Heather’s 100 days

By Heather on October 10, 2011

100 days later and there are fewer questions.

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Meeting face to face for the first time. Guess who wasn't expecting a camera?
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The Good People of China

By Heather on October 5, 2011

It has been proven in every country we’ve visited so far but never more obvious than the 30 days we spent in China.

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Where are they now?

May: First up is a visit to The Mom 2.0. summit in California, then a journey to explore the cultural side of Hong Kong and finally getting to know the gourgeous city of Glasgow, Scotland. It's going to be a great travel month! Click here to see articles from The Greenwood Davis Family's travels around the globe.

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