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I am an author of a travel memoir, but also an overseas educator. I have been traveling, working, and living overseas for 20 years and have lived and worked in seven countries. I am presently living in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where I am working at the American school as an elementary principal.
My memoir, HERE WE ARE & THERE WE GO: Teaching and Traveling With Kids in Tow, is about our first 10 years of living in four different countries (Ghana, Singapore, Guam, Mexico) with our two small children and the crazy, hilarious, and sometimes scary adventures we found ourselves in. My memoir is not just about traveling with kids, but is also about the lifestyle of overseas educators and what we gained from our invaluable experiences.
My husband and I continue to travel together. My two children have since grown into adults and one is in Grenada at medical school and our daughter is now an overseas teacher with us in Honduras.
I am a person who loves change and adventure, which is why I have continued in this lifestyle. I am also an avid reader of other travel memoirs and a keen shopper of cultural artifacts. Writing is new to me, but I enjoyed writing HERE WE ARE & THERE WE GO so much that I have started on my next memoir, which will cover our time in Egypt, India, Honduras, and wherever we end up next.
Reviewed by Maria Beltran for Readers' Favorite
This is a true to life story of a couple, both teachers, who raised their two children, Ian and Ali, while traveling around the world. Author Jill Dobbe and her husband Dan did not let their two young children stop them from traveling around the world. From their native Wisconsin their first stop was the island of Guam, in the picturesque village of Inarajan, where they endured not only the unruly behavior of their students but also the wrath of hurricane Yuri. This was just the start of a life of travels and adventures that will take them to more than thirty countries around the world. In the process they get to meet prominent personalities, learn languages and adapt to the most bizarre of customs and traditions. Going back to Wisconsin, they found out that home has a different meaning for them.
"Here We Are & There We Go" is a memoir of a family who are traveling around the world to work and, above all, to live. Growing up in a small town in Wisconsin, Jill Dobbe dreams of exploring the world and marriage and children do not dampen her lust for travel. And with her cooperative husband, she fulfills her dream of traveling around the world, with two little children in tow. Working as teachers, they lived abroad and travelled to other places too. What comes out is a story that is filled with jet lag, diapers, and experiences that are sometimes funny, sometimes scary, but always entertaining. From the Pacific to Africa and back to the states, the author regales us with a story that not only crosses continents but also crosses cultures. I find Jill Dobbes' style charming and very conversational so that after reading the book, I feel as if I am talking to a good friend about her unforgettable adventures. Everyone with the itch to travel should read this book.
