Category: Highlights
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Our year in review
We’ve been back in California for almost a week now and it’s been really interesting to think back on the year. It was a truly incredible year. We covered so much ground and also managed to stay in places long enough to really get a feel for life there. We lived in Christchurch, New Zealand,…
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Sweden wrapped
We have spent the last 4.5 months and the final leg of our sabbatical year in Gothenburg, Sweden. Similar to New Zealand, we didn’t quite know what to expect. We were given warnings about a few things – the weather is tough, people keep to themselves, food might be weird to us, things can feel…
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Hej Sweden! And winter… again.
So it’s been nearly a month since we made our final country move of the sabbatical year. It’s actually strange to think that this is the last time a place will be totally new (at least for the foreseeable future, but of course nothing is ever permanent). We are staying in a nice 2 bedroom…
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Au revoir Toulouse… for now
We’re already at the end of our 3 month stay in France. To say it has felt different than New Zealand is the absolute biggest understatement, but all for good reason. Reason 1 – We didn’t have full time childcare or any childcare at all for 2/3 months. Thank goodness for Maggie and Sarah helping…
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Welcome to France
We made the nearly 40 hour journey from Christchurch to Toulouse earlier this week. That’s right 40 hours! 26 of which were actual flying time – 11 hours from Christchurch to Singapore, 13 hours from Singapore to Frankfurt, and 2 hours from Frankfurt to Toulouse, and the rest was layovers, transit, etc. Whew, it was…
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Christchurch wrapped
We’ve spent the last five months in Christchurch, New Zealand for part 1 of our year abroad for Wylie’s sabbatical. We had heard great things about New Zealand – things like it’s beautiful, people are friendly, it’s kid friendly, etc. – and we also heard some not so great things – it’s not diverse, no…
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One month into our Kiwi adventure
One month into our sabbatical adventure and this week felt the most “normal” so far. Starting on the daycare front – we all absolutely love it! Mara is living her best life playing with friends, dolls, and scooting, we had no idea she knew how to scoot! We are loving all of the updates and…
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Our Adventure Begins
Our year long adventure for Wylie’s Sabbatical has officially begun! We left our home in Fullerton, California on July 5th for our first stop in Christchurch, New Zealand. Thankfully our travel to New Zealand was about 100 times easier than going to Thailand last winter. Mara was a champ and the airport, she made friends…
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Wander & Nest 