Travelling

Anyone thinking of travelling with children should go for it! 


The calves (and I) have learned so much from living abroad. So much about acceptance and tolerance and friendship. Of trying new things and challenging yourself. 


In my experience, kids are easy to travel with. When I get on the plane with two young kids in tow, I see other passengers force a smile and mumble under their breath "Oh God, please don't sit next to me, please don't sit next to me". 


But, little do they know that the Calves have most likely done more travelling than they have! Their little bodies fit far more comfortably into those horridly uncomfortable seats. The elder calf is so excited about having unlimited access to TV that I don't hear a peep out of her for the whole flight. And the little one spends the first hour wandering up and down the aisle charming all those passengers that frowned at her when she first got on, and then promptly goes off to sleep for the rest of the flight.


The flight is much worse for me...I shudder at the thought. I groan, and dribble on myself and complain with the best of them. I scowl at the awful food and painstakingly count down the tedious moments till we land. 
But then we get there, the excitement kicks in and all is forgiven. It has to be right? In order for me to be willing, in a few months time, to pay a small fortune to be put through it all again. 


So, Farewell HK, thanks for all the great times and for the bad too. They all add up to make a fantastic, exciting period of our lives that we will remember forever. 


Look out Sydney, here we come!


Oh, and just in case you were wondering what this has to do with Home Ed... we will be following directions, numbers and letters of flights. We will be talking about time, weight, distance and speed. 
We will experience the end of living in one culture and the beginning of living in another. We will feel and talk about the change of weather and the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. 
I cannot predict what else may come up but I do know, we will take the time to look, discuss and discover. 


The Calves have been entirely involved (in a real and purposeful way) in the preparations for our departure, and will soon be involved in all that comes with setting up in a new country. Pretty useful stuff I think.