2023-09-20 02:55:40
The couple sold their house and traveled around Europe with their children. (Image/Pexels)
Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles! A British couple sold their house, took their three children who had dropped out of school, and traveled around Europe in a campervan. The couple firmly believed that children can learn more than school. Now they have returned to China following their journey, just in time for their children to go to junior high school.
According to the “Daily Mail” report, 43-year-old Carl Jackson and Ruth Jackson gained insights during the epidemic and decided to travel around the world as a family. They sold regarding 530,000 pounds (approximately NT$2012). Ten thousand yuan) house, traveling around Europe with children aged 11, 10 and 5 years old. The couple bought a 60,000-pound (approximately NT$2.38 million) campervan to start their journey. The couple said they had no regrets because they believed their children would learn more on the road than at school.
It is understood that from November last year to August this year, they visited 28 different countries. They went to Calais, France to visit the Dunkirk War Memorial and the museum in Ypres. Afterwards, they drove to Scandinavia, spending Christmas in Finnish Lapland and New Year’s in Helsinki. The family traveled to Eastern Europe before heading to Greece and Italy, with their final stop being France.
Karl said that at first they had no plans, let alone booked anything. They just wanted to take their children to Lapland and drive as soon as they woke up. “Our dream is to show the children more of the world, because following the epidemic, That’s how the real world is.”
It is understood that children are still studying, and the school provides them with online courses. Carl said they met with the principal first to discuss the matter, and surprisingly, the principal was supportive because he had done similar things before. Carl explained that children loved every minute of traveling, meeting different people, trying different foods, and experiencing different weather. In August this year, they returned to the UK, just in time for their children to go to junior high school.
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