For years the two of us have been harboring a dream, to take a year off to travel together with our son, Brook. We're delighted to now be fulfilling that dream. In July 2011 we began the trip of a lifetime, traveling around the world. We are learning from and adventuring amidst other cultures, schooling Brook along the way, and creating fantastic family memories. Please share your comments and questions! - John and Eydie

Monday, May 21, 2012

Home Stay Politics

We arranged and paid for our home stay through our first school, Amigos.  Amigos is only one of several schools that our host Berta works with.  In the process of changing schools, we learned more than we wanted to know about the business relations between the schools and the host families. Generally the host families get paid half of what students pay the school for their stay.  We have mixed feelings about this arrangement. The host family is certainly doing more work than the school but the school is responsible for finding the students.  Next time perhaps we will try to find a host family directly.
- Eydie

Anxious to grow up!

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