Last week I got a very last-minute call-up to join a group of UK bloggers exploring my beautiful home state of Western Australia. It was a hectic 24 hours of figuring out who would take care of my son and when, what I should pack and where on earth I was actually going, and I won't say it wasn't a …
lessons from travel
Getting lost on your travels: A good risk to take
On our walk to school this morning, my son told me he knew three different ways to get to school and he would never get lost. He's right; even at six, I'm sure he could navigate quite a few varied paths between our home and his school, about a kilometre away. Our current favourite involves a walk …
7 benefits of travel that research actually proves (in case you need a reason)
Is travel good for you? I have ZERO doubt that travel is GREAT for you! But being an old academic at heart (little known fact: one of my previous lives was as a university lecturer and I have half a PhD), I have been tinkering with the idea of different ways to prove the many benefits of …