"Living in Europe, Asia, & now USA..." rubbersoul75's Profile

with a few young travel partners

*Update Dec 2010, Arrived in Winchester VA to live in our home country after 8 1/2 yrs abroad. Girls and life keeping me from any big updates on the pages.. :(

Welcome...
Who we are: A family with a few little girls who have lived in Europe for 7 years, Japan for 2, and now USA. We moved from the United States over to Europe a month after getting married way back in 2002, then Japan in 09. Life has been an adventure, including the birth of our 4 girls/travel partners...

We started these travel pages to document some of our favorite spots.. with the intent of sharing photos and insight we have picked up along the way. Hope to build on them some more but time has not permitted that lately :( Just some of what we've done, some photos, and we really hope to provide info that can be useful to others...

Getting around

Back pack babies in Ephesus

We quickly picked up the traveling bug after moving to Germany summer of 02; in April 2003 Isabella joined us; Nov 2004 Michaella came on board; Oct 07 - Benvenuti Gabriella; Madeline joined us in Japan in Aug 10. We almost always travel as a family, giving the girls quite an experience. Being in Italy, che bel Italia, 05 to 09 and were quite happy exploring the remarkable country, as it turns out, most of these pages are of spots in Italy... due to our enthusiasm for this country!

Why we travel: Like most, it is to experience new/different cultures, people, check out how they live, history, food, and of course learn stuff... doing this economically is key for us.

A travel History Snapshot

Our recent Italian souvenir - Fiat 900 Panorama

Some of our Travel history the last few years

2010
Japan (mostly Okinawa & Tokyo)
France (southern coast)
USA (Hawaii & east coast)
Korea

2009
Italy
USA
Japan

2008
Italy
Sicilia (Agrigento, Catania, Caltagirone, Siracusa, Taormina, Aetna)
Toscana, The Veneto
Germany
Austria
USA
Croatia

2007
(Italy)
Umbria & Marche Regions (New Years visit to Assisi, Gubbio, Spoleto, Loreto), Liguria
Palermo in Sicily

Austria including Vienna
Germany

England - Cotswolds Region

2006

USA, Germany, Austria

and Lots of Italy:
Regions -Umbria, Much of Toscana, The Veneto, Liguria, Campania

Towns- Rome, Venice, & Murano, Asolo, Vicenza, Sirmione on Lake Garda, Valeggio sul Mincio, Bolzano, Lago di Como, Bari, Napoli, L'Aquila, Verona, Padua, Marostica, Asiago, Mantova, Montagnana

2005
USA!
Italy - 3 trips including Cinque Terre, Venice and then we (very happily) moved to Vicenza in July
Greece - Olympia
Turkey - Izmir, Ephesus, Istanbul
Croatia - Dubrovnik
Bunch of Italy

2004
Luxembourg
Belgium - Bastogne
France - Paris, Carcassonne, Lourdes, Alsace
Italy
England - London
Spain - Mallorca
Switzerland

2003
Czech Republic - Prague and Bavaria
Austria - Salzburg and Northern lakes
Spain - Costa Brava & Barcelona area Spain
France - Central
Italy - All Around Toscana
Belgium - South West area
Iraq & Kuwait - not as a Soldier, only dad went on this one!

2002
Moved to Wiesbaden, Germany, some trips to:
Italy - Pisa and Florence, Rome
Belgium - Brugge and Gent
France - Paris and Strasbourg
England - Cotswold & London

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so...

Isabella - Ruins in Olympia

We've got a bit of a "traveling with kids" spin (the one thing that seems to be lacking a bit on this site). I know we're not the only ones toting our young ones around with us, I see plenty of others out there and we hope to share a bit of our experience. Drop us a line!

A visit to Paris

sacre coeur - Paris

2002, Empty Handed, but Isabella on her way in the belly...

2004, A return. This time Isabella in hand, with Michaela well on her way in the belly.

Where are these 2 costal town shots??

europe costal scene- Dubrovnic & Cadaques ES

Send me an e-mail if you know both these locations. Both are on the Mediterranean...
(big prize involved...)

But at the end of the day...

the big apple

This is the mug we drink out of! Our roots are in NY-

Konichiwa

Japan - Land of Hello Killy

Intro Updated May 24, 2011
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MM212 Mar 3, 2012 at 6:53 AM

Happy Birthday from Los Angeles!
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deeper_blue Mar 2, 2012 at 10:10 PM

happy birthday, happy travels
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codrutz Mar 3, 2010 at 5:38 AM

Hey Happy Birthday!!! :)
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Segolily Sep 10, 2009 at 5:59 PM

You were the featured member when I signed on. It is fun to read about people all over the world.
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Maurizioago Sep 8, 2009 at 11:20 AM

Hello Featured Member! How's life in Japan?
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Lacristina Jul 22, 2009 at 7:40 PM

Thinking about you...delighted to see you're still here (on VT)...or rather there (in Japan). :o) Hope your new country is good for you and family. Have only been there once, but had a completely wonderful time. Some day, must tell you about it. Ciao!
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balhannah May 6, 2009 at 1:16 PM

Hi there, featured member. Nice home page, like the collage photo. We travelled Australia with little ones. Its great that you can take your children with you, they will be more knowledgble than many others.
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deebum25 Mar 8, 2009 at 5:02 PM

Happy late birthday! Sorry I missed it and hope it was wonderfully special!
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tvor Mar 3, 2009 at 5:57 AM

Happy birthday to a fellow birthday celebrator
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arty_girl Feb 13, 2009 at 2:51 PM

This is brilliant, I love the fact that you travel with kids. When I have my own family some day, I hope that's exactly what I'll do. Enjoy it!