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Reflecting On Our Family TravelJanuary 7

Reflecting On Our Family Travel
January 7, 2009

May your year be filled with blessings!
I find this a reflective time of year and
wanted to thank all of our readers

May your year be filled with blessings! I find this a reflective time of year and wanted to thank all of our readers for supporting Soultravelers3 and our family travel.  As  we enter into our third year of around-the-world travel, we continue to be amazed by this life of freedom and the beauty we find everywhere.

We did not really expect all the connection that we have had through web2.0 when we started our trip.In some ways it seems like we are traveling the web20 world as we explore the real world. So many wonderful people have come into our lives through this medium and it allows us to stay connected to old friends. Thank you. I can not tell you how much it enriches our journey and touches us. The world is getting smaller!

Santa's Coming! Gift Ideas!December 17 2008

Santa's Coming! Gift Ideas!
December 17, 2008

Yikes! Christmas is a week a way and if
you are like us, you have not even started
shopping yet! No worries, there is plenty of

Yikes! Christmas is a week a way and if you are like us, you have not even started shopping yet! No worries, there is plenty of time if you do it online. No matter what holiday you are celebrating, we have lots of good suggestions!

If you have not looked at our shops, please do click on that link and you will see we have lots of great choices right here of both Soultravelers3 items as well as most  fabulous national brands in almost every category. We have done lots of reviews of books & products that we have used.

If you ever want to do ANY shopping with Amazon.com, please begin your shopping from our website. Just follow this link before you put any items in your shopping cart.

That way, we get a percentage of the sale as commission, while the price of whatever you purchase remains the same to you. Isn't that a wonderful win-win opportunity? Almost as sweet as all the little Santas climbing the sugar cube houses in our village!

If you know anyone who might enjoy our photography from around the world, check out our ImageKind store where you can get fabulous, one-of-a-kind cards, prints and canvases starting as low as $5.95. We also have some fun things  at Cafepress including one of our Soultravelers3 "Heaven on Earth" logo T-shirts for as low as $11.69!

Are toys on your list? Do you have a munchkin like us?

The Amazon link above features all the favorite toys by age which is a big help. We also love the things at National Geographic for kids and adults. I have lots of reviews on books up, but still working on toys. Hopefully we will get more caught up with things by next Christmas. What can I say, traveling and building
a website are not the most compatible vocations.

Have you heard about Hiefer International ? It is a wonderful non-profit that has been doing awe inspiring things to end poverty and world hunger for sixty years. I am proud to say some travel blogging friends of mine from Seattle (Nerd's Eye View, Wanderlust and Lipstick, WanderMom, and DeliciousBaby) got together for coffee and came up with a great way that all the travel bloggers can help and participate, along with their readers.

If you are looking for a way to give, this is a special opportunity and some awesome prizes have been donated that you might just win! Simply look for a  prize you are interested in on this page, note the prize code, then buy raffle tickets for $10  through FirstGiving until December 29.

The award winning non-profit that we work with Reach The World is another possibility if you are looking for a tax deductible worthy cause donation. Don't forget to mention Soultravelers3 when you donate there. We really fell in love with the kids that we met in NYC that are participating and were touched by how much the schools cared as well as the integrity of everyone involved.

This Friday is the last day of school here in Spain until January 7th, so we have the cute shepherdess outfit ("pastora") that Mozart will wear then with the other kids and during many Christmas festivities here. Her class has been practicing Silent Night in Spanish for when they sing for our village at the town hall. I thought I would end this post with the video we took of our first Christmas concert here when Mozart was six. it is  the season for such things and there is just something about kids singing that makes one smile!

Grace & Gratitude Near GranadaDecember 16 2008

Grace & Gratitude Near Granada
December 16, 2008

Blue sparkling sea, rolling green hills
dotted with sugar cube, white houses,
snow capped mountains jutting high above

Blue sparkling sea, rolling green hills dotted with sugar cube, white houses, snow capped mountains jutting high above and warm sunshine bathing our every move, how can one not feel blessed in this environment? As we put our Christmas tree up yesterday here in Andalusia, we thought about all that we have to be grateful for.

Yes, in this economic climate that affects Spain as much as the U.S. , the U.K. or most any where on our planet today, one can easily be shaken with the contagious fear that is being passed around, but I keep doing my best to focus on what is right with this world. Here are a few things to try if you are feeling stressed. The exotic, authentic, modern yet ancient world here in southern Spain gives us plenty to be thankful for.

We are so thankful to our faithful readers too!  So many of you voted for us and supported us in the consumer awards at TravelRants for "Best Travel Blog" that we were deeply touched. It was a very tight horse race and much to our surprise, we spent most of the time in first place. Alas, we did end up coming in second, but I still think that is amazing sense we were the only single writer nominated. The only reason we did so great is because of our wonderful, loyal readers and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Where in Heaven is Mozart?December 3 2008

Where in Heaven is Mozart?
April 16, 2008

This is our little "Mozart" and she is 18
months into a multi year, open ended trip
around the world, we started when she was 5.

Sahara DreamDecember 3 2008

Sahara Dream
August 30, 2008

We had a very profound, spiritual experience in
the Sahara thanks to the loving people we met
there and the awe inspiring, simple beauty.