When you first look through the airplane window and down at the Azores, you’ll be left speechless. From this very first glimpse, you’ll understand why many call this Portuguese archipelago the “Hawaii of Europe” and the “Islands of Colors.”
We spend most of our extra money traveling. We believe it's the best education for our kids.
09.02.2024 - 17:44 / insider.com
By the time I finished high school, I had already visited well over a dozen countries.
My folks were never particularly well off, but any savings they did have were usually spent on travel and making lifelong memories. I can still remember our first big overseas holiday — a trip to Bali in Indonesia when I was 10. I was mesmerized to see how the Balinese people lived, what they ate. I loved the exotic smells and the excitement of being in a foreign place.
Over the years, my mom would pull me out of school for anywhere from two weeks to two months, and off we'd go on an adventure. When I was 14, we road-tripped in an old rental around Mexico checking out ancient Mayan ruins. As the years rolled by, there were trips to the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Sometimes during our travels, my mom would tell me to get my mind off boys and take in the sights. I'm sure she sometimes wondered whether she was wasting her hard-earned cash on someone who might not be appreciating the grandeur of Petra in Jordan or the dismantling and reassembly of Abu Simbel in Egypt. But I did take it in, and I learned a lot.
In my 20s, I continued to tick countries off my ever-expanding bucket list. I lived in Canada and London and traveled to dozens of countries. My boyfriend and I would work hard for several months doing odd jobs like waitressing or landscaping, then spend all our savings on seeing the world.
Eight years ago, we had our first child, a son. Over the years, we've taken him all over the world with us. He's marveled at the views of Cape Town, South Africa, from Table Mountain, walked along the river Seine, and devoured a crepe near the Eiffel Tower. He's ridden a red double-decker bus in London and feasted on pancakes with the yummiest maple syrup on the planet in Canada.
We've decided to prioritize travel over spending money on private schooling for our children. Like with my upbringing, we plan to send our kids to public schools and spend any extra cash we have on a different sort of education for our children, one that we believe is invaluable. After all, traveling offers some of the best education there is.
There's nothing like actually being there when you're learning about the history of a place. In France, our son walked around the clifftop village of Rocamadour, taking in the historic monuments. For centuries, pilgrims, kings, bishops, and nobles have visited its religious sites. In Canada, he learned all about the meaning behind inuksuit, the stone monuments erected by the Inuit people. My son was amazed by these incredible structures, which symbolize balance. Each stone plays a role in supporting the others.
In Bali last year, we came face-to-face with the cheeky long-tailed macaques that call
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