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2018 Schaumann Family Travel Blog

#51 - Coming in for a Landing in Utah

3/26/2019

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Well, after 50 blog posts transmitted over 15 months, from 6 continents and over 36 countries, we’re finally coming in for a landing. We've had an incredible year of full-time international family travel, we've met some life-long travelling friends, seen some of the most remote and beautiful places on earth, and grown as individuals and as a family. But change is what we do best, and we look forward to this family change back to a more traditional (and temporary) lifestyle in the USA.
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#50 -  A week visiting two wonders of the world in South America

3/3/2019

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We disembarked in Buenos Aires with 3-week’s worth of laundry in our 8 suitcases and visions of icebergs and cruise dinners dancing in our heads. We spent the weekend staying on the temple grounds in Buenos Aires and then flew north to Iguazú. While thoroughly enjoying the falls, we traversed the boardwalks and paths amidst a downpour of a typical rainforest thunderstorm. We also took the opportunity to cross two rivers in order to step foot in Paraguay and Brazil while we stayed at the geographic junction of the three countries.  We continued on to Peru, passing through Lima, Cusco and Ollantaytambo on our way to Machu Picchu, another glorious and somewhat rainy day. 
Highlights:
  1. Grand and beautiful Iguazú Falls
  2. Placing six pairs of family feet firmly in the soil of Paraguay and Brazil
  3. Reconnecting with Calvin and Emily Kelly at the Lima Peru Temple
  4. A memorable and incredible trek to Machu Picchu
  5. A day in Ollantaytambo
  6. A satisfying realization of Spanish proficiency
  7. Anticipation of going back to the United States!

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    Plan? What plan?

    Our first Gap Year was a fabulous "2017-2018 School Year" of travel: from the Netherlands to Jordan to Texas to Hawaii to Mexico to Central America to London and back to the Netherlands. Our "2018 Summer Vacation" took us all around Western Europe, back to the USA on a transatlantic cruise, a road trip through New York and into Canada, and ending up in Utah. We have now kicked off the "2018-2019 School year" with a trip to Asia. Follow along with us on our visits to new places, as well as revisiting some of our favorite places from our time living there.  It's going to be great!!

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