Traveling Europe with preteen boys alone… a few thoughts
![Family adventures](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/La-Sagrada-Familia.jpg)
Everyone told me I was mad. Don’t do it they said. Don’t go to Europe with the boys alone. It’ll be hell.
It takes nothing to be kind, so please, be kind, to everyone
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I’m on the beach the other evening and there’s a team of horses the tourists love to hire. During the low season – which is coming to an end soon
Seeing the world through the boy’s eyes is fascinating
![Andrea WTB Edwards](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Aug-12-2018-US-Road-Trip-Golden-Gate-Bridge.jpeg)
I caught up with my mum after our US trip, and she loved reading the updates and watching the videos. People, like my mum, were the reason I put so much effort into capturing our travels.
We’ve been in the US for 29 days, seven have been in theme parks!
![Andrea Edwards](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/July-31-2018Arriving-Disney-World.jpeg)
Before arriving in the US, I kept a kernel of hope in my heart I would love my theme park experiences. It was a tiny kernel, but it was there.
Bloody kids… bloody sunrise…
![Day light savings nightmare](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/No-sleep-allowed.jpg)
One of the greatest things about living in Singapore is that the sun rises at 7am and sets at 7pm, 365 days a year, every year. This meant that the boys slept until 7am at least
Dear designers of Chuggington merchandise
![Children's toy trains](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Chuggington.jpg)
Dear Chuggington folks, you have become a regular part of our lives and, as much as we can appreciate children’s entertainment, I suppose
Flat, flat, flat!
![Weary mother](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Flat-flat-flat.jpg)
I’ve had a few weeks of really achieving some great stuff, but right now, I am done in. The main reason has to be my boys and this cold snap.
Apparently Single Mum’s are Rich?
![Single mums deserve our respect](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Crazy-kids.jpg)
Michael is a good guy, but in recent weeks I’ve discovered that he and I have some rather different ideas on things. For example
A charitable heart… where have they gone?
![Be generous](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/charity-from-the-heart.jpg)
We are currently living in a sensational area of Noosa – waterfront living at its best. Yesterday I notice this woman traipsing the street and I ask her what she’s up to.
Bloody kids… facing our first operation
![Speech delayed children](https://uncommon-courage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Lex-surgery-768x1024.jpg)
Lex, our first born son, who is now three years and eight months, is a magnificent little man. He is all compassion and heart