These are our experiences of traveling abroad with children — both short trips and longer life on the road. You’ll find practical insights from extended family travel: living in Thailand, a full road trip around Iceland, journeys across Europe and trips that required a bit more logistics. We write about planning, real costs, schooling on the road, first flights with a child and what actually works when traveling with kids lasts for months rather than a week.
The world was never just a map full of colourful places for us. It has always been a promise — of adventure, learning and that specific kind of tiredness you feel in your legs after a full day of walking, the kind that brings deep satisfaction. When our children were born, some people predicted the end of “real travel”. We were supposed to switch to resorts and organised activities. Instead, traveling with kids gained a deeper meaning. There is probably no better way to show children how diverse the world is than letting them touch it, taste it and walk through it on their own feet.
What you’ll find here
→ life in Thailand with children
→ our travel experience across Thailand
→ an Iceland road trip itinerary
→ traveling by campervan with kids
Our philosophy is simple: a family on the road is a team. We struggle together, get excited together and sometimes sweat together. In this section you’ll find stories from the journeys that shaped us not only as travelers, but also as parents. Traveling with children means closeness and shared emotions — trekking, long walks and discovering nature slowly and attentively.
Every destination brings a challenge. We still remember both fear and excitement while planning Chile with a child and our first long-haul flight with a baby. That was when we realised our limits were much further away than we thought, and children adapt to difficult conditions faster than adults. A few years later we returned to South America and traveled through Colombia. That trip abroad with a child proved to us that big adventures are possible even with very young kids — if you approach them calmly and with a plan.
We found a completely different rhythm while traveling around Europe by campervan. Even now, thinking about our first winter journey to Rovaniemi beyond the Arctic Circle gives us chills — from excitement as well as cold. Later came warmer places, including three summer months spent in Sardinia. Italy is the country we return to most often, and recently we fell in love with Lake Garda.
Yet Asia became our second home. Thailand was more than another destination on the list. It was the first time we felt we wanted something more from travel than sightseeing. Moving there was a real step outside our comfort zone. To help other families prepare, we also created our own Thailand travel plan.
The World category on our blog is more than a collection of travel stories. It’s an invitation to start the journey even when it feels complicated or unrealistic. We believe traveling with a child is not a limitation in discovering the world — it is one of the most meaningful ways to experience it together.