Meet the TravelTeening Team
My husband and I traveled the world before we had kids. We worked to instill that love of travel with our kids. When our Baby Bunch was teeny, we lived in Qatar and Sweden, but travel was too hard with little kids. You remember, your teenagers were tiny once, too. So we waited until they got a little bigger.
When my oldest turned 9, the traveling began — Qatar, Denmark, Madrid, Scotland, Iceland and London. And then we landed here in Germany as diplomats.
We’re here for 3 years, and we plan to travel with our teenagers throughout Europe. I know I know, it’s a rough life. We all made sacrifices to make this journey possible, leaving behind a wonderful community, friends, and family. I left my marketing job, which I loved by the way, to help provide this experience for the family.
As of 2020, here are some of places we’ve been (in no particular order):
- England
- Scotland
- Czech Republic
- Spain
- France
- Italy
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Thailand
- Austria
- Croatia
- Luxembourg
- Denmark
- Qatar
- Syria
- Sweden
It won’t all be rainbows and unicorns. Living in a new country with a new language takes patience and courage. But we plan to have fun along the way.
Meet the TravelTeening Mom
Originally from Texas, I spent several years in elementary school living in Germany. When I came back to Texas, I realized I had changed. Not knowing then that “Third Culture Kids” (TCK) was a thing, I realized that may have contributed to my uniqueness.
After realizing I needed to fully document our travels, TravelTeening began in late 2018. Not only just a travel blog, I wanted to highlight the very special nuances of traveling with teenagers. They are unusual creatures with individual needs.
With more than 20 years in marketing and communications, TravelTeening felt like a natural way to combine my love of travel and writing, as well as experimenting with some digital marketing. For the most part, I do all the writing. My husband and teenagers help with editing. I take the majority of the photos. More about me at LinkedIn.
I am always looking for contributors who want to share their stories about traveling with teenagers. In addition, I am interested in contributing for other websites, as well.
