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And so, being a father of six. What is that like? How do you describe that? I don't know,
to me it's a joyous thing. I get to wake up every day to, you know, six, well one's gone,
but I know she's there, six people who love me and, you know, who I can
play with, and learn from, and maybe teach a few things to. And they're these constant sources of fun
and happiness, and I always have them around, so I'm lucky. But it does make for some interesting
things. For example, we went to, we took them to a trip, three-week trip through Southern
Europe. We all had a tiny little backpack each, like, one change of clothes, and we
mostly walked and took trains and didn't know any of the languages, but learned a little
bit. And so, that was an interesting experience, because traveling as a single person, or just
with a couple is completely different than traveling with, you know, seven people.
A lot of them are, you know, kids and that was an adventure. So, I find that having all of
us around is a huge adventure, so that's good. Anything specific that came? I love traveling, I'm a traveler.
I'm curious what that was like? Did anything specific stand out, or
any real like learning moments or realizations that you had from that experience? Just, I
mean, we learned a lot. It's just, like I said, it's just a completely different experience.
If it's just you, you can get up and go anywhere you want and explore, and then the next day
go and take a train and go somewhere else, and I like traveling that way. But I learned
when I travel with that many kids, first of all you can't just pick up and go because
you have to have a place to stay that night, and it's not as easy getting a place for 7
people. So we rented apartments in each city that we stayed in, and so we had to plan in
advance. So that was, I like to plan as little as possible, but with them I had to. And we
just all had, you know I mean, we all have to be together, move together as one to get
on trains, and then get off trains, and then go to our apartment, and then go to dinner,
and so it's huge process, kind of a herd moving all at once. I'm just thinking so many different
personalities and so many different moods, and who's hungry, and who's tired, I mean
that's a lot of negotiating. Yeah, it's this huge group dynamic, and, you know, I mean
of course I've got a little bit of authority and so I might make some of the decisions,
but I like to try and get some consensus, and so we all have to talk about it and then
"Oh, I want this, I want this," and so eventually you kind of find things that we all like and
it becomes easier and easier. But, so we've actually been working on that process through
the years, so we already know they all like to eat gelato, so that was an easy one, or
pizza is an easy one. So, we don't have to make that many group decisions all the time,
'cause we've already kind of made a bunch of them. But, yeah, it's definitely a more
complicated process than traveling by yourself, or with one other person.