From mountains, trees, and fresh air to a busy London City. If it wasn’t for the draw of connecting with like-minded world schoolers, I don’t think we would include many cities on our travel itinerary. However, our favorite part of London is the museums...
While in Austria we took a day to venture out to the iconic Hallstatt, a small town at the edge of lake Hallstatt, at bottom of the Dachstein slopes. We loved it! We traveled there by train then ferry. While there we rode a cable car up to explore the Salzwelten...
Months before, Hallie requested being in Switzerland for her birthday because she wanted to experience some “real Swiss Chocolate”. With Salzburg being so close, we picked up a rental car and made a weekend out of it. She had no idea where we were going or...
We had some pretty incredible privileges living in the shadow of the Untersberg mountain, part of the Austrian Alps. From the moment our bus came near our small town on our first day, I recall feeling a thrill of “we’re going to live here?!? Too...
Continuing with the Sound of Music theme, here are a few places we enjoyed exploring in Salzburg. Hohensalzburg Castle The Hohensalzburg Castle is a medieval fortress that was first constructed in 1077. It started out as a small fortress on top of a hill that...
It’s hard not to have The Sound of Music songs playing in our minds as we venture around here. We have been staying near the Untersberg Mountain, just south of Salzburg, and have absolutely loved every minute of it. With the small-town feel, charming homes,...
When we started this worldschooling adventure, one of the ways I described our goals was this: “Instead of reading about the Holocaust in textbooks, we’ll learn about it in Germany.” While staying in Vienna, we took a six-hour train ride to Oświęcim,...
Through our travels we learned of World Schooling Hubs, where other home/world schooling families pick a location to gather and tour a city together. Several families were planning to attend Vienna, Austria and we decided the kids would greatly benefit from connecting...
Because this was a unique experience and we all see and learn in our own way, we asked our kids to put together some of their thoughts, insights, and learnings from touring the Holy Land. Thoughts from Bryson: Going to Jerusalem was a unique experience, I think we...
Day 1: Recovery That first night, Bryson had taken ill. He was up in the night and had a high fever by morning. Already we knew our itinerary would need to be adjusted. We reached out to the local LDS Branch President for some help in giving Bryson a priesthood...
