Eliana’s dream has always been to travel the world, see magnificent natural and manmade wonders with her own eyes, while meeting and learning from people around the globe. When Chaim and Eliana met she tried to convince him to take a yearlong honeymoon to tour the world. Ever the responsible and pragmatic one, Chaim declined and suggested we do that sort of thing once we had children. He probably thought Eliana would forget about that promise, but she did not. After 15 years of thinking, and talking, thinking, planning, wavering, talking and thinking some more, and carefully budgeting, we are finally fulfilling the dream of a yearlong adventure around the world with our four boys - who at our departure date are aged 7, 7, 9, and 11.
Yes. We are taking our children out of school for a year to take them around the world. Yes, Eliana is an educator with an EdD and over 20 years in the field, and we believe this to be one of the best educational opportunities we can offer our children. The best part is going to be seeing the world through their eyes. We can't imagine anything more exciting, fun, educational, and daunting than getting to go through this kind of experience with our children. It's kind of like Eliana gets to create the school of her dreams for our children.
We are hopeful that our children will have opportunities to meet and have experiences with other families living their regular lives to learn about how their culture and traditions are simultaneously ubiquitous and locale specific. We are eager to meet people from around the world, share a meal with them, learn about life in whatever place they live, and make new friends. Speaking of friends, we would love to meet up with friends along the way. If you happen to know of someone who would like to host, is looking to rent their house, or needs a house sitter please let me know!
Our children will maintain their own personal blogs and vlogs on this website throughout our family adventure. We can’t think of a better way to see the world through their eyes, can you? We plan to keep our blogs, vlogs, and Instagram going all year, too, so come follow along on our (first) Kirby World Tour!