As I sit on a bus from Belgrade to Vienna, retracing in a few hours a route that took us two weeks to cycle, I find myself reflecting on the past five weeks. Once again, we cross the Serbian-Hungarian border. This time, however, everything takes much longer. The European Union has fortified itself here. The […]

How a 12-Year-Old Took His Parents on a Bicycle Journey Around the World This was never the plan. We never intended for our son to grow up outside the school system. Yet from the age of five, he made his wishes remarkably clear. He did not want to be looked after by adults whose lives

Our departure was chaotic. But then again, how could it have been any different? How do you pack up the contents of an entire house after living there for eighteen years? As it turned out, about a third of the things we had accumulated weren’t really needed at all. We happily sold, donated, and gave

It is the end of March, and the blossoming life all around us does not make saying goodbye any easier. We are not only leaving behind a house and dear friends, but also our community, the Lebensgarten Steyerberg, where we have spent the last seventeen years of our lives. This is where our children grew