Worldschooling Year

Ogos 2022 - Jun 2023

we're hoping to immerse as much as possible into local cultures to understand how other families live around the world while exploring interesting cultures and histories. Baca lagi

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Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 14 Okt 2022, 4:22 PTG
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitud: 43 kaki
- Israel Tel Aviv District Ṣummeil Gan A.L. Zissu 32.084747, 34.78275332°5’5” N 34°46’58” E
Hari 58
Uncle Mike’s Visit to Israel (by Andrew)
14 Oktober 2022, Israel ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Uncle Mike visited us in Israel. We went to the beach with him and we had fun with him. I like it at the beach and we go boogie boarding. We also loved going to the park with him. I enjoyed his visit. You could come visit us too.Baca lagi
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Pengembara Thanks mom
14/10/22Balas
Pengembara super fun...thanks for a great day.
14/10/22Balas
Pengembara Hi Andrew! I love reading your blog and seeing your photos. Have fun!❤️
16/10/22Balas
Pengembara How special to have family visit!! I love reading about your experiences! And so happy that you FINALLY had mint chocolate chip ice cream…that’s my fav too😋
25/10/22Balas
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Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 14 Okt 2022, 9:35 PG
- ☀️ 55 °F
- Altitud: 85 kaki
- Amerika Syarikat New York Civic Center Colombus Park 40.7157, -7440°42’57” N 74°0’0” W
Hari 58
A Visit from Uncle Mike (by Lewis)
14 Oktober 2022, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
Uncle Mike's trip to Israel is special. It's special because he was taking time off from coming home to see us. He was very kindhearted to do that. It's also special because... well... because we were together. We were together at dessert(ice cream), we were together at the park exercising, too. It was also special because we got to wake him up with kisses. And it was special because he was with us. We also got to facetime with Ethan and Izzy, which was one of my favorite parts. Family members out there, come visit us!!!Baca lagi
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Pengembara Thanks so much Mimi, Ethan, Izzy (& Lucy) for loaning us your dad for a day :)
14/10/22Balas
Pengembara heh...; )
14/10/22Balas
Pengembara super fun...thanks for a great day.
14/10/22Balas
Pengembara This meant the world to us; thanks so much for taking the time and effort to make it happen! Miss you already bud.
15/10/22Balas
Pengembara me too
15/10/22Balas
Pengembara your welcome!!!
16/10/22Balas
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Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 16 Okt 2022, 4:27 PTG
- ☀️ 90 °F
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- Palestin West Bank Naẖal Kalya 31.761587, 35.50405531°45’42” N 35°30’15” E
Hari 60
Hiking Mt. Masada (by Lewis)
16 Oktober 2022, Palestin ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
Mt. Masada was cool, literally, like chilly cool. We got to see the sunrise, which was my favorite part. There were ruins at the top. We got to see the ancient synagogue. It was hard, but it was fun. The people on Mt. Masada killed themselves because they didn't want to become Roman slaves. There is a lot of history behind Mt. Masada.Baca lagi
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Pengembara thank you for liking it Daddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16/10/22Balas
Pengembara I am learning so much from your posts! I just love reading about where you are and what you are doing! And I love all the pictures! I'll never get to go to any of these places so it's fun and interesting to follow along with you. Thank you for all the great updates you and your brother write about!
16/10/22Balas
Pengembara Karen - you are the best! Thank you!!! We miss you!
16/10/22Balas
Pengembara I miss you too, but this trip is amazing!! thank you so much for bringing me along!
16/10/22Balas
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Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 27 Okt 2022, 1:30 PTG
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitud: 3,238 kaki
- Syria Quneitra Governorate Ad Dalwah 33.131882, 35.77874433°7’55” N 35°46’43” E
Hari 71
Hiking Mt Bental (by Lewis)
27 Oktober 2022, Syria ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Hiking Mt. Bental was fun. Mt. Bental is in the Golan Heights. There is a great view at the top. It's also a volcano!! We got to see a bunker. There are bunkers at the top because there was a war there: the Yom Kippur war of 1973. We went in one of them. There are funny slo-mo videos of it. Andrew said (in a video) hhhhhhhheeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy gggggggggguuuuuuyyyyyyyyssssssssshh. I said...nothing!!! You should hike Mt. Bental!!Baca lagi
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Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 30 Okt 2022, 6:22 PTG
- ⛅ 64 °F
- Altitud: 2,388 kaki
- Israel Jerusalem Gonen 31.761619, 35.2133431°45’42” N 35°12’48” E
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Hari 74
Hugs in Israel
30 Oktober 2022, Israel ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
The boys have been doing such a great job of posting that if feels like my posts are unnecessary. However, when on a 6hr flight to Marrakech… The last few weeks have been sort of magical. We have all enjoyed slowing down, having a homebase, a park a few blocks away, a grocery shop whose aisles we learned, an amazing smoothie guy who knows our orders when he sees us and watches over our kids as they go and come from the park on their own, a favorite falafel place, a great produce stand where the cucumbers are crunchy, the grapes are sweet, and the dates are soft, and a regular path to the beach that the boys can navigate on their own. We had a wonderful time just living and being in Tel Aviv with short trips to explore the country, including the Golan Heights, Dead Sea, Masada, Ein Gedi, Haifa, Safed, and staying on two kibbutzes, which were some of our favorites.

We are so lucky to have my grandpa’s cousins, Micha and Ofra, organize multiple get togethers where we got to see and meet our Israeli family. We use the term family loosely as many are 3rd, 4th or 5th cousins, many times removed, but it was all ‘mishpucha.’ I enjoyed reconnecting with cousins with whom I raced up Masada as a teen and having him now teach me and my kids how to make wine, having a Sukkot dinner and meeting a cousin who happens to be a patent attorney who led a CAR-T patent litigation I followed closely, having pizza at a home surrounded by lush vegetation and mature plantings that 23 years ago was new construction surrounded by dessert, and watching our children connect and play with their Israeli cousins and form their own connections.

The 5 weeks in Israel was capped off with an incredible hug from home when Gila, my co-mom and the boys nanny for the first 6+ years of their lives came to visit us in Tel Aviv. We spend most of the time in the shuk and on the beach, soaking up the sun and the Gila love. Words can’t express how much visits with loved ones fill our buckets.Baca lagi
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Pengembara I can not express how much I love your trip and posts and pictures. I will never get to go to any of these places, so I just love living vicariously through all of you. Thank you for taking me on this amazing journey. I am having the best time!
4/11/22Balas
Pengembara Waaaaaw I’m sending the Pokémon kippah to Yanai right now, it’s amazing!!!
4/11/22Balas
It was lewis’s [Andrew]
9/03/23BalasTerjemah
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9 suka
Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 1 Nov 2022, 5:30 PTG
- ☀️ 63 °F
- Altitud: 3,238 kaki
- Syria Quneitra Governorate Ad Dalwah 33.131306, 35.77378133°7’53” N 35°46’26” E
Hari 76
Being Flexible
1 November 2022, Syria ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
For the 0.005% of you following the news in Uganda, there’s been an Ebola outbreak that we were hoping (for so many reasons the least of which are our travel plans) would be contained to under 100 cases, but has recently spread in the capital, infecting 6 students and many others. We have shifted our plans and rather than going to Uganda to spend time with the Abayudaya (Jewish) community in Mbale, we will be spending 3 weeks in Luxor, Egypt at a worldschooling hub.

One of the things that has been surprisingly difficult is finding other kids to play with. We were so lucky in Israel to connect with a welcoming worldschooling/ home schooling group of families with a bunch of elementary aged kids. We would meet at a different playgrounds where the kids would create imaginative play games, built castles and a moat with palm fronds, rocks and a water source, play math games on picnic benches, play soccer and run around while the parents shared travel and life experiences. It was fulfilling for all of us to have new people with whom to talk and interact.

Thus, when we realized we couldn’t go to Uganda where Lewis and Andrew were supposed to go to school and have kids to play with, we tried to find an alternative place where they could socialize. Worldschooling hubs have popped up around the world where like-minded families will gather. The kids will attend a themed camp during the week that’s mainly kid-led play and exploration, while the adults can work or explore the country. There are meals and activities where the families can hang out and be around other people who speak English. On the weekends, the families can go on optional excursions like diving in the Red Sea or taking a felucca to Aswan. Andrew is super excited, Lewis is on board and predictably a bit nervous, and Rob and I are thrilled for the kids to be around other kids, for us to have other parents to interact with, and for the kids and us to have a break from each other. While we really enjoy each other’s company, it’s nice to have some fresh faces and stories in the mix. Now, on to Morocco where we will see Grandma and Papa before heading to Egypt!Baca lagi
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9 suka
Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 2 Nov 2022, 6:11 PTG
- ⛅ 81 °F
- Altitud: 1,516 kaki
- Maghribi Marrakesh-Safi Marrakech-Medina Marrakesh Majorelle Garden 31.640958, -8.00237231°38’27” N 8°0’9” W
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Hari 77
A few more pictures from Marrakech
2 November 2022, Maghribi ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
here are some more photos from the gorgeous Jardin Majorelle that we saw the morning before Grandma and Papa arrived. There was about an hour wait to get tickets and another 30mins to get in, but it was SO worth it!Baca lagi
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Pengembara Looks like lots of fun!
6/11/22Balas
Pengembara Love these smiling faces ❤️❤️
6/11/22Balas
Pengembara love it
4/12/22Balas
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Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 3 Nov 2022, 5:43 PTG
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitud: 1,434 kaki
- Maghribi Marrakesh-Safi Marrakech Douar Ouled Ahmed Koudia el Akerma 31.737948, -7.95259831°44’17” N 7°57’9” W
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Hari 78
Marrakech (By Andrew)
3 November 2022, Maghribi ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
We’re in Marrakech in Morocco to see Grandma and Papa. They flew from Boston just to see us (and we flew from Tel Aviv). We played, swam, and had two sleepovers and I lost my tooth and La Petite Souris (aka “the Little Mouse”) came. The Little Mouse is the Moroccan and French tooth fairy! We did archery and we rode bicycles. We rode around the city in motorcycle sidecars and went off-roading at an oasis. It was bumping in the oasis and I got to go flying (he leaned so the side car would go in the air). It was even more special with my family.Baca lagi
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Pengembara This was the COOLEST thing I’ve ever seen.
6/11/22Balas
8 suka
Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 5 Nov 2022, 10:50 PG
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitud: 2,205 kaki
- Maghribi Marrakesh-Safi Rehamna Lemhazil Oulad Daoud Chaabat Ellouza 31.877226, -7.96010131°52’38” N 7°57’36” W
Hari 80
Marrakech (by Lewis)
5 November 2022, Maghribi ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Earlier this week, we went to Marrakech with Grama and Papa. We got to have two sleep-overs with them, which was really fun. The hotel we stayed in had a Kids Club, too. There, we got to paint pottery and do archery. At the hotel we got to ride free bikes; speaking of bikes, we got to ride in motorcycle sidecars! You get to ride around Marrakech then go revving around on some dirt! Marrakech is a very exciting place.Baca lagi
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Pengembara Lewis, did dad drive the motorcycle? I want to go in a side car, that sounds so much fun.
6/11/22Balas
Pengembara You bet! And as expected, I was told to slow down by the tour guide.
6/11/22Balas
Pengembara this is my surprised face 😶
6/11/22Balas
Pengembara 😇
6/11/22Balas
Pengembara hi dad
27/12/22Balas
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7 suka
Worldschooling Year
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- 9 Nov 2022, 10:44 PG
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Altitud: 4,295 kaki
- Maghribi Marrakesh-Safi Al-Haouz Asni 31.237564, -7.98857431°14’15” N 7°59’19” W
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Hari 84
Atlas Mountains & Berbers (by Andrew)
9 November 2022, Maghribi ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Hello fellow friend,
We hiked in the Atlas Mountains and we met the Berber people
who let us come into their house to eat and drink tea. When we were at their house we met a boy who was 11 years old. He was nice and he helped us dig geodes out of the mountain. At the hotel, we went swimming and played tennis with Papa and I thought that was fun. Grandma got sick during the trip, but did her best to participate when she could. You should come to the Atlas Mountains. There are good hikes, you can find some geodes, and the people are really kind.Baca lagi
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Pengembara Everyone looks like they are having a great time!
22/11/22Balas
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