Family Travel – VirtualWayfarer

BackpackingMay 28, 2016

Watch History Unfold – One Year of Family Travel in Europe

In 1995 and 1996 my parents travelschooled my brother and I for a year. Together, as a family, we made our way across Europe. At times we used Eurail passes, rented a car, or took buses and ferries. …

BackpackingMarch 15, 2016March 23, 2016

Reflecting On Two Years of Travelschooling – 20 Years Later

It was more than 20 years ago when my parents called my brother and I into the living room. At the time I was 10 or 11 a…

BackpackingFebruary 10, 2016

Preparing and Packing for a Year of Travelschooling

In the late summer of 1995, Jo and Ed Berger commenced their final preparations for an 11 month backpacking trip which w…

BackpackingAugust 14, 2015September 4, 2015

We Discovered The World Together – RTW Family Travel 20 Years Later

I was 11, tall for my age, lanky, a bit shy, and perpetually curious. I wasn't a huge fan of school and found the whole…

Friday Photo GalleryAugust 23, 2014

Open Roads and Changing Aspen – Weekly Travel Photo

With one arm resting half-in, half-out of the diver's side window of our white Chevy Crew Cab pickup truck the wind rac…

Friday Photo GallerySeptember 14, 2012

A Lion Cub’s Ferocious Yawn – Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo

There was a brief moment of hesitation. A quizzical look flashed across his furry face and then it started. His nose twitched. His ears circled slightly and then his mouth exploded open in a giant lion sized yawn. Only, he wasn't a full sized lion yet. No, he was just a lion cub and as he yawned h…

BackpackingMarch 25, 2012

Round The World in 1969 and Two Years of Family Travel

I'm extremely excited to share today's post with you. I had a very unusual childhood, one which instilled my wanderlust at an early age. I owe a lot of who I am and the adventures that drive this blog to my parents. …