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🇨🇦🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Driving around the world
🚙 Gimli our self-built #defender110
🌍92 Countries, 87 with kids, 47 with Gimli 🚙
📍🚙 in 🇹🇷
Did we make the right choice? The sites in Türkiy Did we make the right choice? The sites in Türkiye have been way more expensive than I expected. Mainly because there’s no student pricing so we’re paying for FOUR adults 🤑 We spent €27 per person to visit Troy, which was a let down. The excavation looks like someone went in with an excavator and just started digging up big chunks of stuff. Plus there’s really nothing that’s been restored and the museum was a complete cluster (no rhyme or reason to why anything was anywhere!). Then we spent €40x4 the next day to visit Ephesus. Which, hands down, absolutely worth it. It’s laid out well, the restored Library facade is absolutely incredible and some of the floor mosaics are stunning. SO much better than Troy (and also WAY busier because of this!). And then the next day we went to Pamukkale, mainly to swim in Cleopatra’s Pool. Cuz how can you pass you swimming in a hot spring that’s literally on top of and around ancient ruins! When we got there we were told that the pool was closed for restoration. So we paused for a minute and tried to decide if we wanted to spend €30/person to walk down the limestone cliffs with hoards of other people and water in only a few of the pools. Ultimately we decided not to. Instead we grabbed a cup of çay with a view of the cliffs, and then carried on. I think we’re all pretty comfortable with our decision but I’m wondering if we made a mistake in skipping it? #familytravelers #türki̇ye #visitturkiye #europeanroadtrip
This might be the worst lie we’re taught. “Trade This might be the worst lie we’re taught. “Trade most of your time for money” they said, As if money is the most precious thing. I’ll tell you something. TIME is more precious than money. Watching my kids get younger & younger here reminds me what little time we have with them as kids. 18 precious years. Which for most people is 5 years plus 13 summers. Make it count! #familytimeisthebesttime #timeisprecious #familytime❤️ #familytravel #familytravelers
Which team are you on? #travellingfamily #travelt Which team are you on? #travellingfamily #traveltime #traveltheglobe
Everyone told us Belarus was the most dangerous co Everyone told us Belarus was the most dangerous country in Europe. They were wrong. 🇧🇾 Here’s what actually happened to us there. 👇 We’d driven every country in Europe with our kids. Belarus was the one everyone warned us about. The one people seriously questioned most when we said we were going. And honestly? It was one of the most surprising countries we visited — for all the right reasons. The border crossing to enter was long. Official. Serious looking guards, lots of checks, lots of bureaucracy for the sake of bureaucracy. Exactly what you’d expect. But from the moment we were through, the people were warm, curious and genuinely happy to see a foreign family rolling through in a Defender. Brest Fortress was like nothing we’d seen — monumental, Soviet, heavy with history. The streets were clean and felt incredibly safe. We loved all the statues on the sidewalks. And the people were genuinely friendly, smiling, saying hello, and stopping to chat (if they spoke English), And the market was fantastic. The girls especially enjoyed the fresh honeycomb and dancing in the snow. And then we tried to leave. 🚧 The Polish border was only accepting Belarusian and EU citizens. As Canadians, we knew there was a chance they might not let us through but we thought we’d risk it. We were turned back. So there we were — back at the Belarusian border, re-entering a country we’d just left, with stressed kids in the back, no plan, and less than 24 hrs left on our Visa. The border guards recognised us. And instead of cold indifference, they were genuinely kind. Apologetic, even. “This happens often,” one told us. “We’re sorry. But you are welcome in our country.” We spent one more unplanned day driving through Belarus to Lithuania, and then crossed into Poland without a problem. But that moment at the border stayed with us. A country with one of the worst reputations in Europe, and the people made us feel more welcome than almost anywhere else we’ve been. Dangerous? We never felt safer. 🌍 Save this if you’re planning an Eastern Europe overland trip — Belarus deserves to be on your list. #belarus #overlandlife #fami
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whereistheworld

🇨🇦🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Driving around the world
🚙 Gimli our self-built #defender110
🌍92 Countries, 87 with kids, 47 with Gimli 🚙
📍🚙 in 🇹🇷
Did we make the right choice? The sites in Türkiy Did we make the right choice? The sites in Türkiye have been way more expensive than I expected. Mainly because there’s no student pricing so we’re paying for FOUR adults 🤑 We spent €27 per person to visit Troy, which was a let down. The excavation looks like someone went in with an excavator and just started digging up big chunks of stuff. Plus there’s really nothing that’s been restored and the museum was a complete cluster (no rhyme or reason to why anything was anywhere!). Then we spent €40x4 the next day to visit Ephesus. Which, hands down, absolutely worth it. It’s laid out well, the restored Library facade is absolutely incredible and some of the floor mosaics are stunning. SO much better than Troy (and also WAY busier because of this!). And then the next day we went to Pamukkale, mainly to swim in Cleopatra’s Pool. Cuz how can you pass you swimming in a hot spring that’s literally on top of and around ancient ruins! When we got there we were told that the pool was closed for restoration. So we paused for a minute and tried to decide if we wanted to spend €30/person to walk down the limestone cliffs with hoards of other people and water in only a few of the pools. Ultimately we decided not to. Instead we grabbed a cup of çay with a view of the cliffs, and then carried on. I think we’re all pretty comfortable with our decision but I’m wondering if we made a mistake in skipping it? #familytravelers #türki̇ye #visitturkiye #europeanroadtrip
This might be the worst lie we’re taught. “Trade This might be the worst lie we’re taught. “Trade most of your time for money” they said, As if money is the most precious thing. I’ll tell you something. TIME is more precious than money. Watching my kids get younger & younger here reminds me what little time we have with them as kids. 18 precious years. Which for most people is 5 years plus 13 summers. Make it count! #familytimeisthebesttime #timeisprecious #familytime❤️ #familytravel #familytravelers
Which team are you on? #travellingfamily #travelt Which team are you on? #travellingfamily #traveltime #traveltheglobe
Everyone told us Belarus was the most dangerous co Everyone told us Belarus was the most dangerous country in Europe. They were wrong. 🇧🇾 Here’s what actually happened to us there. 👇 We’d driven every country in Europe with our kids. Belarus was the one everyone warned us about. The one people seriously questioned most when we said we were going. And honestly? It was one of the most surprising countries we visited — for all the right reasons. The border crossing to enter was long. Official. Serious looking guards, lots of checks, lots of bureaucracy for the sake of bureaucracy. Exactly what you’d expect. But from the moment we were through, the people were warm, curious and genuinely happy to see a foreign family rolling through in a Defender. Brest Fortress was like nothing we’d seen — monumental, Soviet, heavy with history. The streets were clean and felt incredibly safe. We loved all the statues on the sidewalks. And the people were genuinely friendly, smiling, saying hello, and stopping to chat (if they spoke English), And the market was fantastic. The girls especially enjoyed the fresh honeycomb and dancing in the snow. And then we tried to leave. 🚧 The Polish border was only accepting Belarusian and EU citizens. As Canadians, we knew there was a chance they might not let us through but we thought we’d risk it. We were turned back. So there we were — back at the Belarusian border, re-entering a country we’d just left, with stressed kids in the back, no plan, and less than 24 hrs left on our Visa. The border guards recognised us. And instead of cold indifference, they were genuinely kind. Apologetic, even. “This happens often,” one told us. “We’re sorry. But you are welcome in our country.” We spent one more unplanned day driving through Belarus to Lithuania, and then crossed into Poland without a problem. But that moment at the border stayed with us. A country with one of the worst reputations in Europe, and the people made us feel more welcome than almost anywhere else we’ve been. Dangerous? We never felt safer. 🌍 Save this if you’re planning an Eastern Europe overland trip — Belarus deserves to be on your list. #belarus #overlandlife #fami
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