Episode 130 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast - being a nice round number - is another very special episode, where I chat with Brooke McAlary, a very like-minded traveller, book author and podcaster, and a very important friend of the podcast!

Brooke and her family have spent the last year slow travelling around North America (with a little faster travel during Brooke's book tour for her book "Slow" ... ironically!). Packing up life in Australia and heading far north for an extended time was a huge deal and in this interview Brooke and I chat about how they made this decision, what it involved for work and for the kids' schooling, and how it's all gone.

Like me, Brooke and her husband Ben left Australia in their 20s to spend an extended time abroad, but back then, it was much easier: no kids, no house, their jobs could be whatever they found. Making this kind of "escape" with a family is much trickier and it was great to hear about all the benefits they've found along with the challenges along the way. If you're an aspiring digital nomad, a lover of slow travel or you're keen to spend an extended time living outside of your home country, you'll get some pearls of wisdom from Brooke in this episode for sure.

Links:

• Scrubba - https://www.thescrubba.com - use discount code AMANDA15 for a 15% discount off any Scrubba product

• Brooke’s website - https://slowyourhome.com

• Brooke’s book Slow - https://amzn.to/2XPlrqH 
• Look up The Slow Home Podcast wherever you’re listening to this podcast!
• Episode 44 when I talked to Brooke about slow travel previously (over 2 years ago)
• https://notaballerina.com/44 
• Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
• Show notes: http://notaballerina.com/130