{"id":348,"date":"2019-08-25T20:07:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T20:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/?p=348"},"modified":"2019-08-25T20:14:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T20:14:31","slug":"a-peek-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/2019\/08\/25\/a-peek-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Peek Behind the Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have\nbeen back home a few weeks now and our hilarious road trip is just one nice\nmemory amongst others. It is good to be home for a chance. Unpack our\nbelongings, wash the laundry, see our friends and neighbors etc. You know the\nthrill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4969-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351\" width=\"372\" height=\"494\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But I can\u2019t\nhelp but wonder. I enjoy reading numerous travel blogs and they really make it\nseem like they are traveling non-stop. 24\/7. How on earth do they do it? All\nthe bloggers I am following actually have families. And I mean, it is quite\nclear to any reasonable person that nobody (with a family!) can be traveling\nall the time. There\u2019s all this stuff we have to do, like adults have to go to work,\nkids have to go to school, just for an example. And there\u2019s the everyday life we\nall have to deal with. On top of it all, this traveling stuff is also pretty\ndarn expensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere\nin between trying to calm down the two screaming little ones, unloading the\nlaundry machine and trying to cook a decent meal it hit me \u2013 the King of All\nIdeas. Maybe I could just ask them. And so, in between the next crisis with the\nlittle monster and monstress and loading up the dishwasher, I actually managed\nto pull out my iPad, sign in on Facebook and write a not-so-well-formed message\nto my blogger colleagues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>I\u2019m never caught up with my posts \ud83d\ude02 I work a full time job, kids in sports and other activities. And trying to plan for upcoming trips. I just have a list of posts I want to write and it\u2019s longer than my husband\u2019s to do list.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole\nSweeney (<a href=\"https:\/\/affordablefamilytravel.com\/\">https:\/\/affordablefamilytravel.com\/<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, that\nsounds pretty familiar. Only difference is that I am too much of a\nseize-the-moment-type as a writer. I don\u2019t have any post lists, if you must\nknow. I just write whatever seems to amaze me at the moment. Diary-like. So\nmaybe I should change my game plan in this field and start actually planning\nsome more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4920-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\" width=\"373\" height=\"501\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>I plan the next trip! I&#8217;m always in planning\nmode. And in between, we find time to just be a family and have a normal life\n&#8212; the kids go to school and enjoy extracurricular activities, my husband and I\nhave dedicated exercise routines, we spend time with grandparents, go to the\nmovies and hang out without all of the fuss that comes with being on-the-go.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Andrea Traynor (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mommygearest.com\/?fbclid=IwAR2PmIzNUxhjxew6_6-FWZ0miv1NgC_9P5IWrTyv67PR0cQt08y9ZbgoBwM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.mommygearest.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cool!\nAnother family travel blogger who also appears to have a normal life. At this\npoint of reading the answers I got to my not-so-well-formed message in\nFacebook, my phone rings and I end up talking with my dear little daughter\u2019s\nteacher. She wants a cake. For tomorrow. A cake??! Oh, shoot, I think, how I\njust LOVE baking (NOT!). But because little princess had a birthday and because\nthey want to celebrate it at school, I naturally promise to make a cake. I\nmean, really good mothers always have all the ingredients for a cake at home\nand they were practically born with a whisk in their hands. No problem at all?\nYeah, right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>I&#8217;m still in the learning phase so I&#8217;m\nconstantly reading and learning. I do a lot of reading about blogs, seo,\nwriting, how to use Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram. I&#8217;ve just discovered and\nam learning to use Tailwind and Canva. I also spend time being active on social\nmedia. When I&#8217;m not doing that I&#8217;m researching and planning our next trip in\nthe spring. So far it&#8217;s between Marrakech, Hanoi and Athens.<\/em><em> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>Jeremiah Pittmon (<a href=\"https:\/\/smilesonarrival.com\/\">https:\/\/smilesonarrival.com\/<\/a>\n)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh my, this\nguy must have a housekeeper, I think somewhere in between reading the answers\nand mixing the flour plus other ingredients for the cake dough with my other\nhand. It is already almost midnight, which is way beyond my bedtime, and the\nalphabets are starting to jump in my eyes while reading. I am a bit worried\nabout the cake, too, since I can\u2019t be sure anymore which ingredients I added. I\nam just hoping I didn\u2019t add salt instead of sugar\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4984-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\" width=\"499\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4984-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4984-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4984-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4984-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4984-780x585.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>When we&#8217;re not travelling we&#8217;re exploring\nlocally &#8211; we live in a city that has new restaurants and attractions\/activities\nopening on a weekly basis so that does make it easy. I think of it as writing\nfrom a local perspective and sharing those tips with other families visiting\nour city. We also act as city ambassadors for the tourism board here in Toronto\nand produce content for them occasionally. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>Yashy Selvadurai Murphy (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.babyandlife.com\/?fbclid=IwAR0ZRKn8vFuCgCMSjDVxAuy6-aEYI-Eg0tGZAKpn2xAspqTQtmKbMOfkkn4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.babyandlife.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that is\nsomething we are doing too! Exploring locally can be a lot of fun, and I have\nnot lived in this country that long, so I still have plenty of new places to go\nand explore. To my great relief, the cake turns out okay and I can finally drop\nmy mommy-working-gloves for the day. Off to bed. Just to find out that my\npillow has been conquered. By who else than little prince Charming, who\u2019s\nhappily sleeping in my bed. I sigh and push him over a little bit, trying to\nmake myself as comfortable as possible. It is not that many hours anyway before\nI have to get up again\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the\nquestion remains. And leads me to thinking: Do I want my blog to look like I am\ntraveling all the time? No, I think I\u2019ll leave it as it is. Life itself is\nvaluable. Also the life that happens behind the scenes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SLHU6476-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" width=\"585\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SLHU6476-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SLHU6476-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SLHU6476-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SLHU6476-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/buenzliburg.ch\/ontheroadagain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/SLHU6476.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been back home a few weeks now and our hilarious road trip is just one nice memory amongst others. It is good to be home for a chance. Unpack our belongings, wash the laundry, see our friends and neighbors etc. You know the thrill. But I can\u2019t help but wonder. 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