Pic For The Day - The Sahara

There is much to tell - stories of sunburned, peeling skin, the wincing intimacy of a traditional hamam, delicious dinners shared with wonderful people. For now, here are pictures of our time in the Sahara. The dark-haired beauty is our friend Karen, who we hooked up with in Rome. She decided to come to Morocco with us, and it has turned out to be the perfect place for us to catch up on each others lives. 

Footprints up the duneOur tent, and our guide, Ali

Brenna barters for Jewelry with Ali
Riding camels at sunset

Quick Postcard Of Sorts

There are so many ways to tell a story. Much to my families chagrin, I always pick the way with the most words involved. Well - not today! Today I will be short, concise, to the point. Today is a new day for me! A day of unlimited opportunity to use words wisely, and with prudence, and measure. To refrain from rambling on and on about things that don't pertain to the story at hand. 

I suck. I'll try again.

Owen and Ella at Mt VesuviusWe are in Morocco: Marrakech, Essaouira, Ait Ben Haddou, the Sahara on camels!!

Before Morocco we were in Italy: Pisa, Sienna, Florence, Pompeii, Rome.

When we leave Morocco we'll be in Madrid for a few days to catch our breath, and then we'll go to Peru. We'll be living in Cuzco, Peru for two months. We'll go to the Amazon, to Machu Picchu, to Lake Titicaca...

Then, we go home. We've booked our flight back to Los Angeles on August 10. As of yesterday, Bob has a job.

We have so many stories to tell you! So many pictures, videos, and stories are still in the pipeline that you'll be entertained for some time after the actual traveling has stopped. We will all be happy to pretend the 'real time' bit. After that the website will evolve...

Pic For The Day - Best Shave Ever

We were sitting in Madrid, waiting on a plane to Marrakech, when this guy with the best shave ever sat down across from me. For almost an hour I tried to figure out a way to capture his fabulous-ness without him knowing. It was tricky, because he kept staring right at us. Maybe it was due to my stir-crazy kids, who had already been on one plane, and were bored stiff by the long lay-over.

Finally I got lucky:

Au Revoir, St Quentin la Poterie: Audio Blog

Our little town of St Quentin la Poterie is opening up, like Provence in Spring will do. It's a small town, and a quiet town. The streets are never full. You don't see more than a few people going from place to place. If you want to catch shops open, like the boucherie or the boulangerie that sells the better brioche, you have to be both a bit psychic and a little lucky.

In the last few weeks, things have been changing. People are everywhere! At lunchtime I see tables out, filled with diners, at restaurants that weren't even open when we arrived. The artisan workshops on every

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The Family Trippers: Audio Blog

Listen to this March 10, 2010 interview we recorded with Ian and Anne Pilbeam en route to York from Edinburgh. They're a family of four who decided to travel for a year, the year before we left. They were still settling back into life near Edinburgh from their July 2008 to June 2009 journey when we first connected with them in November. Here's what they have to say about it all...