Aaron Ball

Cable Management

Is this a boring post for most people? Yes. It is kind of important though because we’re striving to keep things tight and efficient. We cannot jam big digital SLR cameras, heavy textbooks, o…

Organizing and Planning

Early on in the planning of this little adventure I knew I needed a way to track the decisions and details. I had my top down calendar (blog post here) that helped me to block out and shift dates a…

Inspiration (Update)

Throughout our planning and some of our adventures I’ve kept in touch with the family that inspired us to take this trip. The Lewis Family had their own epic family round the world adventure.…

Overnight Train: Cairo- Luxor

December 13th-14th Saying goodbye to our tour guide was hard. There were lots of hugs and tears. We knew Hanan was passing us off to good hands in Luxor so we slept easy with that fact. We slept on…

Leipzig- September 3rd- 12th

As we look back over our 6 months of travelling we see that we have been blessed to have so many great experiences. Every time we look back on the last thing we did and think “We’ll nev…

Dawa (Medicine)

In my time in Kijabe I have discovered that if you are feeling a little off, a little sick, there is no better place to be than a Kenyan café*. You will have easy access to DAWA! Dawa in Swahili me…

Egypt- December 15th

For our final day in Egypt we definitely left on a high as we experienced the beauty of an Egyptian sunset from the air. In the wee hours of the morning we were up and ready to go to the valley of …

Netretič

This is a WorkAway experience that I was not prepared for. The arrival and first night were a shock. We are a 30 minute car ride out in the country. We have three bikes and a possible bus stop 4.8 …

Ferchesar – Sept. 13th – Oct. 6th

…fair-Cheese-are… …far-chi-czar? Desmond practicing on the accordion in Ferchesar. So many wrong ways to say the name of this little vacation village. Even after talking with some nativ…

LSG Summer Camp- August 21st – 28th

The London Suzuki Group puts on an annual music institute at Bryanston School that is nothing short of spectacular. I blogged about it HERE when we first applied to go. This year there were over 70…

Sunday Roast- August 14th

Yes, I am writing a short post about one meal. Before heading up to Sherborne for an afternoon of exploring we had Sunday Roast. Yes I capitalized BOTH of those words. It was an event and it was ex…

Transportation- August 28th

This Blog is inspired by the August 28th British Ferry crossing of the English Channel. Portsmouth Harbour (not foggy just a west window). We’ve travelled in a few forms so far and I am getting pic…

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Cerne Abbas – July 28th- August 21st

In our time at Cerne Abbas we came to realize it is a special little place. It is different from all the other small villages in Dorset. It has a rich history like many U.K. villages do. Pubs? It h…

Learning Away

Yes, schooling continues even while we’re away. And yes, the kids are going to be soaking up loads of incidental learning as we travel. They will do this through experiencing different cultur…

Cream Tea- August 16th

On the 16th of August we dusted out the Abbot’s Porch. It was filled with cobwebs, dead plants, bird feathers, animal poop, rubble, and lots and lots of dust. We donned our KN-95 masks and ro…

Cerne Abbey Schedule

The Abbey is lovely and we’re feeling blessed to be here. It is our first workaway.info experience and our host’s first experience as well. We’re working with her through it all to mold it into a g…