The Fantastic Travel Adventures of a Frugal Family Man
You see a friend’s travel photos pop up on social media and start to feel jealous. It happens. Don’t be fooled though, nothing is quite as easy as it looks in those curated snapshots. A lot of folks like to make travel seem relaxing, but real travel is gritty. Still, that shouldn’t keep you from doing something like flying to Europe with your baby.
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What process do you use when choosing an international travel destination? Baby E is almost three months old, and she finally has a passport! I even ordered her the version with extra pages even though it will only be valid for five years. Wishful thinking, no doubt. At any rate, it’s time to start getting some stamps in that sucker!
Continue reading “Choosing Baby’s First International Destination”It is natural for avid travelers to begin counting countries at some point in their journey. For me, the urge to start keeping count happened in my early 20’s while I was living in Japan and realized that I was closing in on my 25th UN member state. Suddenly I had a goal: visit 30 countries by 30. I really enjoy setting and surpassing goals, and I managed hit that one by my mid-twenties. So, I upped the ante to 50 countries by 30. I beat that, too. But the higher my count climbed and the more I came into contact with fellow country counters, the more I began to struggle with the fact that there really is no universally accepted definition for what qualifies as a visit.
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