Years and years ago, before we even considered long-term travel with kids, I saw a video of a guy named Matt, dancing his way around the globe. I loved it, the kids loved it - we watched it over and over. Looking back on it, I think Matt's videos were what sparked this idea of just getting out and seeing the world.
They also sparked the idea, once we decided to do our own trip, of having some sort of unifying "theme" that we could make into our own memory. Since my kids are soccer fanatics, an idea was born. We planned this video before we left, and worked hard to make sure we juggled in as many places as we could.
While it looks fun and spontaneous, it was anything but. We often had to wade through crowds, stand in strange places to get good shots, and risk the ire of security guards, but we did it. Some of the juggling is better than others - at times, we had time for a couple of takes, but more often we would have one take, and have to move on. At the Parthenon in Athens, our one take resulted in an angry guard coming over and making me delete the video because shooting a movie there is illegal. (see post from earlier about not liking Athens).
To see our video, click here
To see Matt's videos (way more professional!), click here.
It might work below, but if not, use the link to ours above:
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