This final short film about our journey around the world has been an (intensive) labor of love. The movie is about Time, and how weird and ridiculously valuable time is. Time, it turns out, was the real gift we gave ourselves: One year to be alone together discovering the world. In this time, we discovered […]
THE ESSENTIALS
It’s one thing to find your way around the world, but it’s another thing to find your way around a blog about finding your way around the world. Therefore, we have created The Essentials, our own personal favorites culled from the 120 films we created while we were on the road. Here are eleven of […]
EPILOGUE
Don’t you just love it after reading a story when you’re given the chance to catch up with the characters and learn what’s become of them?We’re only one month removed from the trip, but life in Los Angeles is surprisingly lovely. We use the word “surprising” because we were pretty much dreading our return. We […]
FOUR REFLECTIONS
Memory is ridiculously fleeting. Almost instantaneously as we arrived home, we could feel the trip slipping from something we were doing to something we had done. It’s startling how quickly the present becomes the past. So on our fourth day back in Los Angeles, before we even officially returned to our house which was still […]
DAMN, IT’S NICE TO GO TRAVELIN’
With about five posts remaining, we wanted to share this little love letter to the road with you. After a sojourn in New York and Boston, our family has finally touched down back in Los Angeles after more than 365 days away from home. Now the re-acclimation process begins (wish us luck!). As Old Blue […]
THE MOVIES WE NEVER MADE
What makes for a good movie on “A Year To Think”? Compelling subject matter is, of course, king. A strong cinematic concept definitely helps. A narrative arc is never frowned upon. And a surprising emotional component is always home run. But not everything we shot found its way out of our constantly moving post-production facility. […]
LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN
On our journey, we were blessed with weirdly nice weather and oddly good timing nearly everywhere we went. It’s not that we didn’t have our rainy days (in Venice), our blistering cold days (in Budapest), and our staggeringly hot days (in Bangkok) — but for the most part, we managed to bob and weave with […]
HOW WE PACK
“How do you pack for a year around the world?” This is our second most asked question. The simple answer is “Pack as if you’re traveling for two weeks.” We found this advice on a number of blogs we found when we googled “family around the world travel.” Most importantly, it all begins with the […]
IS THERE A BETTER MUSEUM EXPERIENCE ON THE PLANET?
A half hour north of Copenhagen by train, you get off at a stop called Humlebæk then follow the signs as you walk about ten minutes up the road to a place called Lousiana. Louisiana is a modern art museum, and it is our family’s unanimous choice for best museum in the world. It has gorgeous […]
LION OF KENYA
It’s hard to overstate the simple unadulterated pleasure of driving around in the dying light — far beyond the reach of any cellphone tower — just searching for wild animals.