Month: 2017/03

Our latest outing was to an ostrich farm just west of here. Road trips, even short ones, in South Africa are always interesting. On the way we encountered really slow traffic due to major construction projects they were doing on

It’s been awhile since we updated you on our homeschool. Maybe you wonder how we have time for any book work with all the adventures with penguins and hippos and road trips around South Africa. Well, you’d be surprised how much

We have less than a month left in South Africa. We’re leaving in mid April for Holland, but we managed to arrange the airline tickets for a week-long layover in Dubai for no extra cost. So first Dubai, then Holland,

Anyone who watches Big Bang Theory will get the reference noted in the title of this post. Anyone who doesn’t watch Big Bang Theory should really watch Big Bang Theory. The other day we went to a Cheetah Outreach here

Perhaps you read the title of this post and thought “Oh no! Who is sick? Who got injured?” I’m happy to report that all Shermans are healthy and uninjured. However, we are watching with great amusement (read: borderline annoyance) some

Some of our most memorable experiences on this journey have been when we got up close and personal with animals. We snuggled the sloths in Panama (three separate visits), we swam with whale sharks and turtles in Mexico, we loved the hippos

It’s been a little quiet over here at LJT headquarters. It wasn’t intentional but turns out we really just needed a break. Even Worldschoolers, with all the many adventures, need a vacation. We didn’t get to go to our beloved