Imagine for a moment taking your family on the global adventure of a lifetime. What might that look like? Gathering at a bistro with locals after the school play in your French village? Swapping stories with fellow expat parents at your children's International School in Beijing? Making sand angels with your children in the Sahara desert under a heavy moon?
With captivating storytelling and innovative practical advice "The Road Taken: How to Dream, Plan, and Live Your Family Adventure Abroad" will guide you to your family dream and then walk you through not only how to get it, but how to manage the side effects of stretching out of your collective comfort zone.
Thought provoking chapters on everything from dealing with your children's reactions to finding work abroad to learning the language will embolden you to define your own dream and give it wing. "The Road Taken" is your how-to manual for creating the experience of a lifetime. It's also the perfect book for those who love thrilling adventure tales and are just looking for ideas to spice up their next family vacation.
Author and clinical psychologist Michelle Damiani weaves together her story of moving to an Italian village with the experiences of thirty-six contributors to create what is sure to be the definitive manual for families who crave the bonding and adventure of an international expedition.
Because you owe it to yourself and your family to consider discovering the world together.
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Fans of Michelle Damiani's bestselling memoir "Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center" will thrill to the backstory of the family's year in an Italian hill town, as well as discovering what lies behind their next global adventure, and will delight in learning the following contributors' stories--
John Ahern--RVed through Europe
Elizabeth Ancell--Lives in Italy
Andrea Camerota--Lives in Italy
Canada-to-France Travel Blog--Lives in France
Heather Carlson--Lived in Italy
Kristin Clarens--Lived in Costa Rica, the Netherlands, and Argentina
Lisa Cole--Backpacked around the world
Kate Collier--Worldschools
Nicolas Damiani--Lived in Italy
Estelle del Porto--Lives in Italy with children and grandchildren
Julie Despain--Worldschools
Cheryl Falconer--RVing through Europe
Sarah Bringhurst Familia--Lives in the Netherlands
Rachel Gerson--Lived in Spain
Nell Goddin--Lived in France
Marie Fox-Edgar--Lived in Panama
Susan Harwood--Lived in Singapore
Naomi Hattaway--Lived in India and Singapore
Jerry Jones--Lives in China
Kirsty Larmour--Road-tripped through Northern Africa and Central Asia
Tania Landin--Road-tripped through Europe
Lewis Family--Lived in Malaysia
Gabriella Lindsay--Lives in Mexico
Jennifer Massaro--Sailed the Atlantic
Nitsa Olivadati--Worldschooled
Amanda Ponzio-Mouttaki--Lives in Morocco
Allyson Shames--Lived in Belgium
Allison Sherman--Worldschools
Alisha Stamp--Lives in Kyrgyzstan
M'Kenzie Tillotson--Worldschools
Astrid Vinje--Worldschools
Heidi Wagoner--Lives in Spain
Sara Warden--Lived in Morocco
Nica Waters--Sailed the Caribbean
Melissa Wiringi--Preparing to move to Spain
Stephanie Yoder--Lives in Italy
