Imagine for a moment taking your family on the global adventure of a lifetime. What might that look like? Enrolling your children in an international school in Singapore? Homeschooling while you drive through Europe or sail across an ocean? Backpacking through Asia? The Road Taken: How to Dream, Plan, and Live Your Family Adventure Abroad will guide you to your family dream and then walk you through not only how to get it but how to manage the side effects of stretching out of your collective comfort zone. From overthrowing your assumptions about what is possible to novel ideas for how to finance a global adventure to dealing with children's homesickness, The Road Taken is your how-to manual for creating the experience of a lifetime. It's also the perfect book for those who love thrilling adventure tales and are just looking for ideas for how to shake up their next family vacation. Author and clinical psychologist Michelle Damiani weaves together her story of moving to an Italian village with the experiences of thirty-six contributors to create what is sure to be the definitive manual for families who crave an international adventure. Because you owe it to yourself and your family to consider discovering the world together.