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SIMON CAREY
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If there is one thing I have learned about children it’s that they love learning, and they just want to be with you! One of the many wonderful benefits of traveling with our children has been “finding time” for us as a family, and lots of it.

While renovating our Italian farmhouse in the mountains we were together as a family every day for two years. The only time we were separated was when I once ended up in hospital overnight. This new life in Italy was a time for us all to bond. It was father and daughter time, time to teach new skills. A time for mum to step back, and watch them giggling away together.

Moving away from our complicated lives gave us back to each other.

We had no TV, hardly any toys, simple clothes, and yet we had so much more than we ever expected. A far simpler life.

Our children make friends in any language… it’s something I like to call “Love Learning”
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