EXPLORING BEYOND OKLAHOMA
InternAtiOnal Adventures NOAH AND JUDAH IN PIENZA, ITALY. PHOTO BY MAGNOLIA PHOTOGRAPHY. with Kids Tips for taking your family overseas
BY KRISTY BLOSCH . PHOTOS BY THE BLOSCH FAMILY AND MAGNOLIA PHOTOGRAPHY.
One of the first things my husband Cody and I did after we finished grad school and before we started our careers was hop on a plane to Europe. After two weeks in Spain, Italy, Austria and Germany, wanderlust had a firm grip, and we were hooked! Before we had our first son eight years later, we had visited 19 countries together on five continents, including trips to India and Sri Lanka, South Africa and UAE, Peru and Brazil and three trips to Europe. Traveling is where we recharge and invest in each other; it’s also how we connect to the world and get outside our comfort zones. When we began having children, we knew we wanted to keep traveling, but we had convinced ourselves that family trips would need to stay state-side and international trips would have to be kid free — at least until the kids were quite a bit older. For years, we’d daydream about what it would be like when our two young boys were old enough to take them overseas. We wanted them to be old enough to not only remember the experiences they’d have but also to really appreciate them; for the trip to be “worthwhile.” After all, we thought, why would we want to spend all that money and effort to bring kids on a trip they won’t remember or at least appreciate?
THE BLOSCH FAMILY CATCHES A TRAIN FROM VARENNA TO VERNAZZA.
42 METROFAMILYMAGAZINE.COM / JAN-FEB 2022
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