WorldTowning A way of living where individuals choose to immerse themselves in cultures outside their hometowns to obtain a greater understanding of the world. WorldTowning Teen A cool human being! I was petrified of the tween/teen years. I mean scared to death. Over the course of the last decade, I have been privy to conversations […]

“I don’t want to be around like-minded people. I want to be around people I like.” ~ Will Sueiro There is that word again. Like-Minded. Blah. Although I do think there is a time and place for it in everyone’s life, I have become disenchanted with this word for many reasons. I particularly dislike its use […]

Socialization While Slow Traveling Me: …We live in (insert country). Other person: So, what do you do about school? Me: One of our kids is in a traditional school and the other is worldschooled. Other person: Really? Are you worried about socialization? Me: For which child? There is sometimes an assumption that children who are […]

I was once asked if I thought it was possible to ruin childhood by traveling. Of course, my gut reaction was to give a smart-ass response and toss the question back in the questioner’s court by saying, “Do you think you are ruining your kids’ childhood by staying in one spot?” But of course I didn’t because I don’t believe a childhood is messed […]

Bonjour friends! Welcome to our new adventure! We have put our heart, soul, passion and experience into WorldTowning. We are now open for business and ready to bring your travel dreams to fruition. Let us help you create your epic life! What is WorldTowning? I wish I had an elevator pitch, but frankly this business is multifaceted, […]

Bonjour friends! Happy Tuesday! In anticipation of the WorldTowning launch (we are almost there folks) I will be sharing oldies, but goodies from the past several years of blogging. I can’t wait to share our new adventure with you. If you want to get a jump on the WorldTowning launch you can sign up for […]

Bonjour, friends. I have food on my mind, ALL THE TIME! And no, I’m not pregnant. It’s no secret that the food in Costa Rica and Ecuador did not appeal to me, except when we ate at our friends’ house. A special shout out to all of our friends in Ecuador who cooked for us, […]

Bonjour, friends! It’s Friday! Woo Hoo! I know I said I was only doing France posts from now on, but I do have one more topic of interest to share with all of you today: history in Quito. I would like to introduce all of you to Lorraine. I found her through one of my […]

Bonjour, friends. How are you? We are still doing great over here in the south of France. I have so much to share, but first I want to tie up our US visit. Racism in the USA! Yep, here we go again. I refuse to ever stop talking about it. Ever! Racism is (according to Websters) […]

Hola friends. Ok, have you ever eaten Yucca? I can honestly say that I don’t know if I would have ever entertained eating this root had I not first tasted it at my mother in laws house. If you see it in the market it looks like a piece of wood. It is hard to envision how […]