The Road Is Our School

Adventures,
Observations
and Learnings
from our
trio’s journey.

By Leyla, Mark and Emily Steele

This is the travel blog from our little family of three—Leyla, Mark and Emily. But TRIOS also stands for The Road Is Our School. We’ve been blessed with the opportunity to travel for the school year in search of art, food, adventure and sustainable community while exploring history, culture, and of course new languages. We will investigate how physical geography influences these things. We are particularly interested in what it means to be healthy, happy, inspired and fulfilled around the world. We are curious if these qualities are the result of wealth, or if in fact they are the best measurements of it.

We are creating this on-going blog to help us keep track and remember each piece of this puzzle, but also so others, who may want to join in the quest can learn as well, both about specific locations and the How-Tos of doing something similar. It is, and probably always will be, a work in progress.

Please enjoy and let us know your, thoughts, questions, inspiration and special requests.

Our Travels In Southern Europe

September – November

Paris, Annecy, Torino, Florence, Venice, Piran, Postojna, Soca Valley, Lake Bled & Bohinj, Ljubljana, Graz, Majorca, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Andalucia

Granada and Gold Coast

  Estapona (Spain)

Figueres

  Figueres (Spain)

San Sebastian

  San Sebastián (Spain)

Barcelona

  Barcelona (Spain)

Deia, Mallorca

  Deia (Spain)

Pollenca, Mallorca

  Pollença (Spain)

Graz, Austria

  Graz (Austria)

Ljubljana

  Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Lake Bled and Bohijnska Bela

  Bohinjska Bela

Soča Valley

  Bovec (Slovenia)

Vipava Valley

  Zalošče (Slovenia)

Karst Region

  Postojna (Slovenia)

Piran

  Piran (Slovenia)

Venice

  Venezia (Italy)

Florence

  Firenze (Italy)

Torino

  Turin (Italy)

Annecy

  Annecy (France)

Paris

  (France)

Our Travels In Souteast Asia

November – January

Krabi, Chiang Mai, Luang Prabang, Hanoi, Hoi An, Siem Reap, Krong Kampot

Kampot, Cambodia

  Kampot (Cambodia)

Siem Reap, Cambodia

  Siem Reap (Cambodia)

Hoi An, Vietnam

  Hoi An (Vietnam)

Hanoi, Vietnam

  Hanoi (Vietnam)

Ninh Binh, Vietnam

  Ninh Binh (Vietnam)

Lan Ha Bay, Vietnam

  Lan Ha Bay (Vietnam)

Luang Prabang, Laos

  Luang Prabang (Laos)

Mekong River

  Pak Beng (Laos)

Chiang Rai, Thailand

  Chiang Rai (Thailand)

Chiang Mai, Thailand

  Chiang Mai (Thailand)

Krabi, Thailand

  Krabi (Thailand)

Photo Galleries From Our Journey