“The most memorable experience is going to be the November 15th [Paris] attacks, because it shaped the rest of our trip. We did all stay and continue going to school, but it did change the atmosphere of the city, the university, the people. So that was the most memorable thing because it was a whole…
“When you’re a child, anything and everything is possible. The challenge, so often, is hanging on to that as we grow up.” – Dame Ellen MacArthur
“So you (Maddie and Ben) were fresh off the plane and I was fresh off a forty-hour nap so we were in very different moods because you guys were tired and I was ready to go. I remember we were a little stressed getting onto the train itself because we thought it would say the…
“We were in Scotland for 11 days, then we took a train to York, England and we were there for 24 hours. It was just kind of something we wanted to add in, but then we got there, and I was like ‘oh my gosh, I absolutely love this.’ I think I probably even loved…
“[Travel has] definitely given me more of an open world view with an open mind to things. It’s changed my patience level, because it helped me realize all the different paths people could be coming from and what they’re doing could have a million different reasons. It’s also changed my views on politics quite a bit…
Listen to Ben Saunders as he shares with us what drives us to travel and gain experiences.
“I went to Haiti a month and a half or two months before Scotland. I did a humanitarian trip to Haiti and I loved that, if I could afford it I would probably go every year. I still want to go back, but we’re planning other trips so my husband keeps saying, ‘you can’t go…
“My favorite is probably the Republic of Ireland because coming this October [2018] it’ll be my fifth trip there. I’m traveling with my mom and it’ll be her third. She’s a good travel buddy to have because we don’t have to compromise on anything, we want to do the same things. So it’s just really easy to travel. We…
“Where do you come from? It’s such a simple question, but these days, of course, simple questions bring ever more complicated answers.” -Pico Lyer
“Last Summer my family and I were lucky enough to travel to our ancestral home in Ireland. My family and I flew out of JFK airport in Washington D.C. and flew Air France into Paris and then took a smaller flight to Ireland. Once I saw the Emerald Isle for the first time I couldn’t…