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Bringing Home the Bacon on the Road
[1 Jan 2012 | 7 Comments | ]
Bringing Home the Bacon on the Road

The Working ExPat
It’s 2012!  Are you living the life you want?
Are you happy? Do you dream of a living somewhere else in the world? Maybe you are not interested in traveling as a lifestyle but the idea of living abroad is just as appealing to you. If this is something you’ve thought about, I have one piece of advice for you. Make up your mind, and just do it!
The next step is landing some way to make a living. For those of you that do not have the flexibility of …

Preparations »

Traveler’s Movie Selection
[1 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
Traveler’s Movie Selection

What’s on your harddrive?
For the long term traveler, entertainment is an important part of any budget.  Traveling  with technology makes it a bit easier to bring with you some of the comforts of home,  like in the case of traveling with your favorite movies. It’s easy to travel with an external harddrive filled with our favorites movies, TV shows for viewing on our computers, ont those nights nothing is better than relaxing, sitting back and watching a flick. Miro and I have been trading movies with other travelers we’ve met …

Family Travel, In the Moment, Preparations »

Inspired Dreams, Inspiring Travel
[1 Aug 2011 | 13 Comments | ]
Inspired Dreams, Inspiring Travel

Turning our DREAMS into reality
From time to time, I like to take the opportunity to reflect on our lives, revisit what got us to this point and how we’ve been blessed with the ability to  make it work. But getting there is half of the battle and more time than not, the emails we receive from you, our readers, often include questions like “how did you make the decide on a travel lifestyle?” I attempt to answer that question in this post and share with you some insight into our personal journey.
Being involved with the like-minded family travel …

Family Travel, Global Citizenship, Gratitude, In the Moment, Parenting, Preparations, Unschooling »

10 Uncommon Travel Tips from Pooping to Unschooling
[2 Apr 2011 | 17 Comments | ]
10 Uncommon Travel Tips from Pooping to Unschooling

10 Uncommon Family Travel Tips
We have been traveling for nearly 2 years, non-stop since 2009. We’ve been to 9 countries so far, including all of Central America and now find ourselves in  South America. We wanted to share with you some travel tips and travel advice from everything from pooping to learning while on the road.

1. Pooping & Other Stuff You Do in Bathrooms
First and foremost, carry you own toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Traveling through Central America and South America you will likely encounter a wide range of ‘bathroom’ options. …

Family Travel, Guest Blogger, Parenting, Preparations, Redesigning Lifestyle »

A Single Mom And Child Packing List For An Extended Trip
[23 Feb 2011 | 14 Comments | ]
A Single Mom And Child Packing List For An Extended Trip

Wonder how one mom prepped for a slow travel?

We did.
Welcome guest blogger Marilia Di Cesare. We are so excited to have the opportunity to meet so many amazing families on the road, many of which, we connect with online. Sometimes we even come across a few amazing single moms out in the word, doing what we are doing. Any we always create  an instant bond with them. In the case fo Marilia, we were thrilled to meet a mom equally passionate about travel and  about providing her daughter with the best “world schooling” …

In the Moment, Preparations »

Friends, Friendship & Introspection
[13 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Friends, Friendship & Introspection

Going Away Picnic, this is it!
Today was the day to say goodbye and make it official. We met in the park at Griffith Park, not far from the merry-go-round. It was wonderful seeing people, saying goodbye, and sharing well wishes.
We ate amazing food, drank great drinks, played with the hulu-hoops and frolicked in the sun. We climbed trees, took pictures, laughed and hugged a lot. We told stories, we shared memories and we were in the moment and it felt like such an honor to have our friends show up …

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lainie and miroA single mom & son's travel blog & podcast, chronicling their nomadic adventures as they travel around the world together; Raising Miro on the Road of Life.

Miro and Lainie (mother 45 and 13 year old son) share their adventures from the Road of Life, discussing issues of humanity, global citizenship, unschooling, slow travel, family travel, volunteering & living in the moment as they explore the big beautiful planet, they call home.

Lainie and her son Miro began their 8 year adventure in 2009, starting in Central & South America. They are slow traveling around the globe allowing inspiration be their compass. The pair is most interested in exploring cultures, contributing by serving & connecting with humanity as ‘global citizens’. They invite you to travel along with them, share their experiences, on the Road of Life.

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