I wanted you to be the first to know that our family has published a book about our Big Trip. It is called "The BIG Trip: a Family Gap Year". What it's about:
Taking a year off from the rat race is an idle dream for many, but
the McManamy family, including their three teenagers, decided to make it
happen. The Big Trip: A Family Gap Year tells how they put high school,
college and work on hold while they learned Spanish in Spain and volunteered in
Bolivia, Guatemala, and Kenya. Choosing home stays and local transportation
over hotels and rental cars, they undertook a deeply immersive journey of “slow
travel,” living simply and experiencing life as the locals do. The teenagers
contributed their own creative poems and stories to The Big Trip. A vivid account full of adventures and lively
observations, the story also offers a template for anyone yearning to undertake
an intellectual, emotional and spiritual journey of discovery. It is possible for families to take a Big
Trip and enrich their lives without breaking the bank, losing a job, or falling
behind in school. This compelling travel memoir motivates us all to follow even
the wildest of our dreams.
Here is where you can order it, hot off the press:
Enjoy!!!
Martha
