A friend suggested I start blogging our adventures when my husband, Zack, was stationed in Italy. At first, I scoffed at the idea. Me, have time for a blog?! Pfffft. I've got a rambunctious one year old we lovingly call the honey badger (more on that later) and tons of traveling to do. Who has time for a blog? Then today it hit me, I should do it, if not for others but for myself, to remember. After all, typing is faster than pen and paper and pictures, although a picture is worth 1000 words, they tend to only focus on what's been captured within the frame. So here we are. Hello... and welcome!!
Naming the blog was the easy part. Obviously, this blog will be about our adventures living in Italy and traveling around Europe (and hopefully Africa and Asia), hence "Adventures." "With the Honey Badger" came about as we started to plan our first big vacation to Sicily. Perusing trip advisor I found what seemed like a great hotel and many people had marked it good for "families with children." Upon further investigation in the written reviews, these same people noted the bustling nightlife on the street below with partying until 4am. Um, that's not so great for families.
It was at this belated moment it became all to real that we are touring with a toddler, our toddler, the honey badger. We won't be skiing down mountains together, dancing till dawn, or attending masquerade balls and for a moment, the realization really bummed me out. HB, as he will be referred to from now on, has from day one been a terrible sleeper, and now, as a toddler, is a very curious and mischievous little daredevil and explorer. He has no fear, is rarely fazed by discipline, and very basically, does whatever he wants. His nickname derived from this you tube gem. Watch and enjoy!
When the moment passed I was able to remember HB is quite literally the best thing that's ever happened to us. Becoming parents was our first dream, traveling, our second. Some might say traveling with a toddler is less than ideal, maybe even a drag, but I just.don't.care. After all, honey badger babies don't materialize out of thin air, often times they have honey badger parents descended down from a long line of honey badgers (RIP Gram).
Our goal is to visit as many different countries as possible while taking is as much culture and history as we can. We want "family vacations" that don't necessarily involve petting zoos or theme parks. Some may find this ludicrous, as did two little old ladies we encountered on our first trip (account to follow in a later post). One of them came up to HB and with a smart ass tone in her voice and saccharin smile said, "I hope you remember all of this!" Yes, a toddler in a museum is not everyone's idea of fun, but it's ours!
Adventures With the Honey Badger. Traveling the world with our biggest and most exciting adventure. We probably won't see much nightlife, unless it's from the window of our hotel room (or not, since we don't plan on staying in that hotel) but we hope to make it exciting and fun for everyone, with but not centered around our honey badger.
