Wow, am I ever glad to have started the whole process early! There are many things to be considered and so much has already been done… our trip is slowly taking on form, although I do welcome your feedback….
The plans to date are:
- Extended trip from end March to end July. This brings a whole different batch of questions: where to stay with five kids, how to deal with “school” for three children, what about health insurance, is it better to buy a van and sell at the end of the trip????
- Vacation within vacation: In June/July Pitz will be joining us for 4 weeks. Do we travel all over the place to visit people (with/without going to the States), do we rent an rv for travels, do we buy a huge tent?
- Extended “English” contact with other children: presently we are leaning toward going to a family cottage (rather secluded) for the “school” months and homeschooling the German system. This raises the question: do we enrole the children in a sleepaway camp (like Mini-yo-we), do we look for day camp (for example in Oakville), do we co-ordinate camping or extended visits with friends who have children, what about Vacation Bible School or Scouting camps?
So, does anyone have a wise word or suggestion to the above mentioned issues?
