We walked the city with our host family, played futból with their kids, and shared a pot of afternoon coffee while sharing stories, asking questions about each other’s lives and fumbling through broken second (or sometimes third) language barriers.

Since the beginning of Culture Chalk, we have sought to challenge the norms of travel, hosting, tour guiding, family life,...

There’s a cliché that’s been floating around forever about “finding yourself” when travelling. People travel for different reasons....

“Time’s fun when you’re having flies,” said the Frog. In an unbelievable, mind-bending twist of events, our family just four years ago...

Parents know how to tell kids to share, really well. Having hosted the amount of families that we have, it’s definitely something we hear...

We have been spreading our roots here. Seeds of friendship have fallen on fertile Guatemalan ground! The last few years have been a grand...

It’s a topic we’ve seen come up regularly on family travel groups, Worldschooling forums, etc. Facebook Mamas pleading for words of...