In 2009, we sold our house to travel the world as a family, experience new cultures and languages, and expand our minds. So far, we’ve been to over 45 countries and dozens of cities and towns. Below, you can find a map of the highlights. Clicking any location will take you to posts about that location. (Note: Some of the places we’ve traveled may not have yet made it into blog posts or on this map.)
Jun 12, 2018 No Comments We did it! We walked 180km as a family from Trabadelo to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, over the course of 9 days. With several hours per day of walking, this was a fairly intense experience for us. Our friends had walked much further, having started near the French border in the Pyrenees mountains. We joined them for the last stretch of the trip a couple...
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Jun 12, 2018 No Comments Having been at this “travel the world” thing for over 9 years, you’d think we would have learned a few lessons. But a couple recent experiences have shown us how easy it is to forget or to become lazy in our approach to handling both travel details and safety. I share this to help other travelers out there avoid the same mistakes, and to keep...
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Portugal / Travel Jun 11, 2018 No Comments While our time in Portugal has been short, we wanted to get a feel for it as a potential destination for the Family Adventure Summit in a future year. We drove from Porto to Lisbon on a 9-day road trip, stopping in Coimbra and Sintra on the way. Here are a few things that stood out to us about our time in Portugal, and photos of some...
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California / Travel / United States May 17, 2018 No Comments Back in March 2017, we spent a few weeks in San Diego, California where we attended a conference with some of our friends and team members, visited family, shot some testimonial videos for my Music Teacher’s Helper business, and visited a few beautiful parts around this city. Our 12-year old daughter Marie edited a fun video from footage I took during our time there, which you can...
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Mar 16, 2018 No Comments We fell in love with Bali, and especially the town of Ubud, when we first visited this beautiful island in 2012. Since our first visit, we have returned again and again. In 2017 we returned to Bali and this time we were pleased to welcome my Father, Stepmother, and my half-brother to explore the island with us. We had an amazing time and created this...
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Mar 04, 2018 No Comments Hi everyone! It’s Brandon Pearce, and I am here in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to talk to you today about seven ways that you can create and find community while you travel. My family has been traveling for the past nine years to over 36 different countries, and we have had so many interesting opportunities and experiences to connect with local communities and meet...
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Mexico / San Miguel de Allende 
Jan 31, 2018 No Comments San Miguel de Allende is a colorful town. The sounds of mariachis echo through the street as you get a whiff of the taco stand down the block. Its brick buildings and cobblestone streets are mesmerizing and it may feel as though you’ve just stepped into the past. With all this excitement, and with so many things catching your eye you may be confused on...
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Family / Friends / Personal / Travel Jan 23, 2018 No Comments I love looking back at the past year as a whole because it gives me a chance to see at a glance all our combined activities and experiences, and feel gratitude for what we were able to do during the year. This year especially, I’m feeling some surprise and awe for all the incredible experiences we’ve had and the achievements we’ve realized. In this post,...
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Mexico Dec 09, 2017 No Comments After traveling an incredible amount this summer, we have returned to our part-time home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Our entire family has been looking forward to slowing down this winter as we settle in for a six-month travel hiatus. While jetting around the world with a family is incredibly fun, rewarding, and provides a rich learning experience for all of us, traveling so...
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Belgium / Denmark / Scotland / Sweden / Travel / United Kingdom Sep 26, 2017 No Comments Our family enjoyed a bit of whirlwind trip through Europe this summer. It all started when someone on our documentary team found us an incredible deal on flights. $639 for one-way flights to Edinburgh, Scotland for all FIVE of us! Our original intention was only to spend a few days in Scotland, meet with the team for a week in Southern England, and then head...
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