2020 GeoEx Catalog

Traveling with our kids taught me to slow down

and appreciate the world from their perspective, stopping—and stooping—to marvel at fluttering butterflies,

  sweet-smelling flowers, and brightly colored rocks. And when they   became older, their wide-open curiosity and impassioned questions  prompted me to look more deeply into the history of a place and the  traditions of its people.Their curiosity and openness deepened my own. Our adventures also influenced the people they have become. Now both young adults, they are avid travelers, comfortable in the wide world—

 a direct result, I think, of being exposed to other cultures, foods, traditions,

    and landscapes.Travel taught them that strangers are friends and that   the world is full of wonder and grace.

—Don George, from “The Lifelong Gifts of Family Travel” For the full story, go to GeoEx.com/Blog