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Send My Bag: My Review

8/1/2016

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We’re going to spend eight months in Hong Kong, using it as a base for part of our round the world trip before we move to Paris. (If you think reading that sentence was confusing, you should try living that sentence.) Anyway, we’ll be staying in a furnished apartment, so we only need to take clothing and personal items. Because of our weird travel route (driving across the USA in a Mini, then spending a week in Spain, then going to Hong Kong) we only want to take carry-ons on the journey. How to get our winter clothes and toys and our son’s homeschool stuff to Hong Kong? We decided to try the baggage transport service Send My Bag.

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Downsizing: How Low Can You Go

5/20/2016

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When we hatched our big plan a few years ago (traveling around the world for a year and then moving to Paris, all in one fell swoop) we knew we would have to downsize. Now, it’s time for the rubber to meet the road.

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Why We're Moving: Q and A

11/23/2015

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My previous post, Why We're Moving, generated some readers' questions about our plans. here are my answers. If you have any more, feel free to ask!

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Why We're Moving

10/24/2015

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As you may have read in my post Treading Lightly, our family is getting ready for an international move. We’ve also decided to throw in an around-the-world trip, so things are really jumping around here. You might think we’re crazy, so I’ll spell it out for you.

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