My turn. What about my work? Today is, for me at least, the first day the trip feels real. Yesterday I packed up my desk, took my handy reminders off the wall (it’s being repainted while I’m away, which is a good thing as it turns out that blu-tak really… Continue reading
As well as “What about School?” and “What about your House?“, the other question which comes up time and again is “What about your work?”. The answer is different for each of us, and again is a mix of planning and taking opportunities when they arise. Harriet will probably write… Continue reading
This is probably the question we get asked most often. We’ve got four children, they’re all in mainstream state education. How on earth are we getting away with taking them out of school for six months without getting fined, imprisoned or (at the very least) bringing them back functionally illiterate?… Continue reading
Why, with 20-something days to go (and 833,492,756 things still remaining on the to do list) am I blogging? Why have I joined twitter (which I always said I wouldn’t). Why does Aurora delight in telling me she has more followers on her (private) instagram account than we do on… Continue reading
Last year I read an article telling the incredible story of the Savitsky Collection at what is now the Nukus Museum of Art. In short, Igor Savitsky was a wealthy Muscovite Russian who over a period of years amassed a stunning collection of Russian avant-garde art during the 1950s, in… Continue reading
This is normally about question 4 (after “Seriously?” “Why?” and “What about school?” (more on that one later)). Simple answer: we have very lovely friends (plus children, plus dogs) who are going to live in it for us. It’s (hopefully) a win-win: they need somewhere to live for six months… Continue reading
Newsflash! (Warning, it’s pretty exciting so you may want to be sitting down). We have a new Instagram name and are now @tweedtotokyo to match our shiny new Twitter account and this blog. If you’re not already following us we’d love it if you did. As a separate thing I’ve… Continue reading
How do you keep your family healthy on a round the world trip? For six months? When four of them are children? I don’t know. I haven’t done it yet. And given I’m currently sitting in my front room nursing a filthy cold while one of my children is in… Continue reading
Over the last six weeks or so, we have taken huge steps towards making what was a pipe dream into a reality. Among other things, our first 100 days or so are almost entirely booked, we have tickets for various exhibitions and concerts, and we have shiny Chinese visas in… Continue reading
Where are we going? From here to Tokyo. And quite a lot of places in between. Overland. With minimal plastic consumption. Why are we doing this? Because it’s there. Because we can. Because we told everyone we were going to and we can’t back out. Because hopefully it will make… Continue reading
