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Kids Latvia Learning Travel

24 days in, how are we doing?

We’re doing extremely well! The kids are doing great with changes, we’re adapting every single day. In every way possible. From shopping (you know all about that) and cooking (two burners, no oven, 2 pots and one tiny fry pan) to catching the bus and tram. You know about the language issue and food issues. […]

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Kids Latvia Learning Travel

Settling in.

Last night there was a performance art show happening in the courtyard in front of our house. It was amazing. We’ve watched two people on rollerblades wearing morph suits egging and dry humping each other. They weren’t skilled rollerbladers and kept falling over (but being true performers, they worked that into their act).  That was […]

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Kids Latvia Learning Travel

The Riga Zoo, A Gallery

On Saturday we all went to the Riga Zoo. It was really wet and cold, but that didn’t stop us! Check out a few snaps below, click on one to open a lightbox/photo gallery. Gallery

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Kids Learning New Zealand Travel

School's in session

While we are on this journey Alice and I are charged with teaching the kids. We are provided correspondence school materials and support through Te Kura in Wellington, but after that, it’s up to us to make sure the kids are learning at a regular pace. No slacking off for us! 🙂 Now that I’m […]