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We're Going Places

A Family Blog

Welcome to our page! This blog documents the inner musings, travel mishaps and entertaining stories from the Parker family as we attempt to survive an 11 month global adventure.

- Joe, Deanna, Ruby and Alys Parker

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North Island: Exploring New Zealand

Our time in New Zealand has really been a soft landing in familiar territory and a time to decompress. We had split our time to roughly...

My 18th in Peru

Waking up on my birthday in Paracas was a different feeling. Knowing that I wouldn’t be going out to dinner with all my family or...

On Our Way to Peru!

Hello one and all, Alys here, We are just about done with America. It's been a very long journey with our dedicated Chook the chevy...

Winding Up the USA

Having waved off Pat, Ash, Remi & Fleur in LA, we hit the road. Accommodation awaited us at Big Bear Lake, an area known for its ski...

Colorado, Utah & Nevada

Welcome back! Ruby returns. Alys left you last as we farewelled Oklahoma and all our lovely friends there. Now, we’re back on the road....

Oklahoma Part 2

Hi, Alys here! Ruby certainly did a great job of covering our first half of Oklahoma. I must say that I really really enjoyed my nice...

Oklahoma, OK

Ahh, we return! Alys took you all the way to our arrival in St Louis, but first allow me to take you back 1 week earlier. When planning...

New York Groove

Welcome back! Alys finished off with us arriving in the Big Apple. Greg, an old friend of Mum and Dad’s, had been keen to reconnect but...

London V2

Hello again, Alys here! Before Canada, the place we had spent the most time on this whirlwind year was in Hanoi (our first stop). We had...

Changing Continents: Denmark to Canada

Hello again! Alys left you just after we had joined the Hamburg pride parade with Hubert and discovered we were on a not-so-friendly...

Germany: Once more

Hullo, Hullo, Hullo Beautiful People! Alys here. We were in Germany before and now we're here again and I am writing to tell you about...

Sailing to the Netherlands

Ahoy! Welcome back. Alys left you last in England, just about to catch a ferry to the Netherlands after saying goodbye to Janet, Phil,...

England and Ireland: Brahms and Liszt

Hello friends, Your happiness has returned and by that, I mean that I am back. We have spent the past three weeks exploring England and...

C'est la vie!

Hola! Ruby’s back. (And it's a long one) Spain was a quick addition to our ever-growing list of countries we get to taste. Before we left...

Germany & Italy: who would've thought?

Hello! It is me once more, Alys I can now state that I have been to eleven countries and that Germany is on the top of my list. The train...

Making Memories in Eastern Europe

Welcome back! (Ruby returns!) By now we’re well into our European section of our trip. Up until now, we’ve been relaxed with our time,...

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