Travelling is to a certain extent driven by an egoistic motivation to experience something new, broaden my horizon, live free. But more important than the satisfaction of this personal yearning is the fact that we are travelling together, spend seven months in each other’s company more or less 24/7. We will create memories as a family that we will carry with us for the rest of our lives.
During our preparations, I’ve been thinking a lot about our son and how he will experience the coming months. Is it ok to take him out of school, away from his friends, to be on the road together with his parents for such a long time? Will he miss his friends, football training and his Lego? Will he be homesick?
Well, I don’t know the answers to all these questions. Time will show. But I do know how much he has learned during our recent trips. Not all classrooms have four walls… How proud I was for example watching him making friends as we settled down at a campsite, not even speaking the language. A ball is enough and he is in the game. Experiencing this has made him self-confident and independent – a fundamental capacity for a good life.
He has also learned to adapt when things don’t go as expected. Life does not always go according to plan, but that’s ok.
When you travel with your children you get away from the normal day to day rush of life. You’re not in a hurry, don’t have to reach work or school. Instead, there is time to create memories as a family.
I am looking forward to living into the day, having time to be spontaneous, figuring out together what to do and where to drive. Going to bed when it gets dark and getting up with the sun. Being out in nature constantly.
But most of all, being together with Dag and Robin.
Only 16 days until departure…
RCD on Walkabout 