Space In Your Case is all about family travel. We pick out the aspects of our trips that we think will appeal most to kids, and we tell you what to expect from the places we visit when you go there as a family. Sometimes though, something irresistible comes along that is only for the younger members of the family, and when we were sent this globe, we knew we had to pass it on to you. Here’s what Helen’s family thought of the night light that switches children on to the countries of the world.
A globe to inspire a love of travel
The Earth by Day Earth by Night globe, from Brainstorm Ltd, looks like a standard globe, and in itself would be a useful addition to any family interested in seeing the world. But switch it on in the dark, and it becomes a whole new experience.
Seeing how the world looks at night, from a distance, is fascinating, and even the adults were engrossed with finding cities, coastlines, and islands in the middle of vast oceans of darkness. My daughter chose to sleep with Europe facing her, because of the abundance of coloured light she could see; but not before the whole family had marvelled at the size of undeveloped Africa. It sparked further conversations that lasted into the next day, when we delved into our Lonely Planet Kids Travel Book, to answer the questions about which countries had the least light, and why. One tiny light in the middle of the Pacific Ocean revealed itself as belonging to the Marshall Islands, of Bikini Atoll fame, and we giggled about how the Atoll was named.
We noticed too, that vast swathes of China had no light, and talked about how the country’s massive population is concentrated in a comparatively small section of it. Next, we got to talking about America, lit like a pinball machine until you get just over the border of Canada. It really makes you think, even as adults, about the things which of course you know, but don’t often dwell on. And it totally opened the children’s eyes to further discussions on what they know about the countries they’ve seen, and have yet to visit.
I have a feeling that this globe might inspire some exciting additions to our family travel bucket list!
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To New Zealand!
To explore the European cities and experience the food, culture and design.
Anywhere with a noticeably different culture and outlook to the Western world so probably Asia.
Australia x
Morocco – there is so much to see.
america
To America, my favourite place.
Anywhere to inspire their love of the universe! Somewhere to see the Northern Lights or New Zealand to see the stars in a truly big, black sky.
Australia!
To Tokyo – to experience their amazing culture!
Australia is always good x
Somewhere in Africa – Madagascar maybe!!
Austria – we love the mountains
Australia to see the family that she has never met in person.
Mauritius as gorgeous out there
America
I love ancient civilizations such as Maya, Aztecs, so any country in South America !
all around the UK
Mongolia – wild, untamed, free
peru
America
My family are from Cyprus so I’d love my kids to go there
I would love my little one to explore Australia, its somewhere i have always wanted to go and it looks so beautiful x
everywhere! the world is not so big really, although their toughest challenge will be where will be safe to go!
I try to inspire my child to go to Chile – this is the best place in the world to view the universe with little light pollution. There’s nothing more awe inspiring than the view of the Milky Way and thousands of stars .
I would like them to travel round England as there are so many beautiful places to see.
Africa – they would love to see the wild animals roaming free
America
I have a fascination with earthquakes and volcanos so would love to take them to Iceland
Always to travel wherever your heart desires
PERU I THINK
New Zealand or Australia
Mine would love to travel in Space and they would love to go to Australia x
The Far East – I’ve never been but would love to go!
to america
America (she has cousins there that she has never met)
I would love to take them travelling all over the world, see places they have read about or seen on tv, explore the world
I definitely want my children to travel more than I have, I would love them to go to Morocco as that is where I went for my honeymoon and visiting such an exciting place made me want to travel and explore more.
To portugal as that’s where my families from x
I’d love this as an aid for my homeschooled daughter. I homeschool due to unavailability of local school places and this globe would be a fab aid.
Canada to see family
There are so many places I would love for him to get the chance to visit – Machu Picchu (Peru), the Galapagos Islands, The Great Wall of China, Iceland (so he can see the Northern Lights in all their glory), The Great Barrier Reef (Australia) – and many, many more! I hope he gets to travel as much as he can and explores all the beauty the Earth has to offer (and see many of our man made treasures along the way too).
Asia
Copenhagen! I’d love to show them a really liveable city, with cycling & a theme park right in the centre 🙂
Wherever their heart takes them
I would inspire him to visit French Polynesia – in particular Tahiti.
Anywhere, as long as they find adventure, peace and happiness.
Wherever their imagination takes them.
Australia I live it there & my family live there to
To travel all over the world, but most of all to see the Northern Lights in Alaska, beautiful.
Wherever they dream of x
japan x
I want them to travel to wherever their heart desires. But I’d like to inspire them to go to Italy!
New zealand
ill be telling them to travel before they settle down and go whereever they want x
To go o India
China
Japan
I’d like to inspire both of my children to travel to wherever they would like, even if it would just be to travel and explore their own beautiful country. My eldest would love to spend some time in Japan.
Italy – Sardinia, it’s so beautiful and perfect.
Wherever he wants, he is in China at the moment,he traveled to the USA at start of the year.
I’d love them to see all the great historical cities of the world.
Rome, Egypt or the USA
I would encourage them to travel to America and Canada x
Anywhere that inspires and challenges them
China! X
Japan, so much to see there.
To retrace my steps around Australia, but to be even more adventurous & spend more time in SE Asia or South America.
Argentina! Loved it there!!
Wherever their hearts desire… but so hope they travel to see the beauty of Italy
To travel round Europe
Hawaii & Easter Island
Wherever she wishes to go …. but Asia so magical!
Some more of Europe there are so many wonderful places to see
To Thailand or Australia
The Galapagos Islands!
the pyramids
The bathroom! Seriously though South America and the Amazon rainforest as it wont always be there.
South Africa 🙂
In her imagination
USA – to visit his uncle’s house (which he’s not seen yet!)
Japan
Anywhere as long as they were safe
I have travelled a bit. I would love my child to travel the world
Mexico so they can have a mix of food, culture and history
Austrailia x
Australia
Anywhere! Everywhere is new and exciting – put a pin in the map, research it and go! So many opportunities and experiences just waiting to be enjoyed
Everywhere! Hoping to take them to Coata Rica next year to see the wildlife there
Everywhere they possibly can x
New Zealand
Into Space – my son is obsessed and would love to travel there so he can see the world from a distance!
New Zealand
I would like to inspire my children to experience a mini world tour. My son would love to visit Machu Picchu.
Into space would be fantastic for him to discover things no one else has
Anywhere they wanted to go! Although I would try to encourage them to go a little off the beaten track, experience things that not all tourists do!
everywhere they can possibly go
An African safari
As many places as possible and off the beaten track
The Brazilian Pantanal – such an array of amazing wildlife to see.
Japan as it’s such a different culture to ours so would be wonderful for them to experience
Japan
Would be Florida xx
within the UK first so they become familiar with our own country before they start travelling further afield
Anywhere that he wants to go. I would like him to learn more about his home countries first though.
to go round Europe by train
America, so many states to explore
I would love to take them to Peru 🙂
Australia go and see the other side of the world explore and enjoy
to travel somewhere new each time she travels.
To Australia
where ever their heat takes them, and what interests them the most, i haven’t travelled myself so i would encourage them to have a gap year when they are older but it would be their choice.
I think around Scotland at the moment.
Everywhere!!! It broadens the mind 🙂
Alaska.
Italy
Canada!
I want to inspire her to visit the part of Japan my husband and I met in.
My youngest has already decided she’s going to visit Japan when she’s older. I’d be happy wherever she wanted to visit as long as I knew she was going to a relatively safe place. In the meantime I encourage her to learn as much as she can about the culture and history of where she wants to go.
Australia x
Australia
to historical sites
I home educate my four kids, and we love to travel, and being home educated means we can go anywhere and everywhere! We took a train down to Devon last week and the kids had a great time, but if we could go anywhere, we would love to go to Vanuatu! My husband worked there for a while and he says its the most beautiful place. x
The Galapagos islands, the place that inspired Darwins Theory of Evolution. It has a wide diversity of animal (and plant) species that are found nowhere else in the world
I would encourage them to travel to as many countries as they could
australia
To New Zealand, such a beautiful country
Just want her to discover the hidden Gems of Great Britain.
My son has autism so we travel in the uk he copes well, next stop blackpool
I would like to inspire children to explore Africa and go on Safari maybe!
Australia:)
To explore this country before then exploring other countries. We live in gorgeous country….steeped in history and I think this is often overlooked. x
North Korea!
USA for sure!
I’d like them to see that Great Britain has some breathtaking places and would like them to explore places near to home starting with the Lake District
france x
All the European countries and then gradually further afield – get a taste of all the different cultures
Anywhere that they want to go. 🙂
Nepal is beautiful there
Anywhere unique and culturally different to England, like India or Indonesia
New Zealand – particularly Matamata (huge Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fan) 🙂
Iceland
We’ve been lucky enough to travel to some amazing places over the last few years. The place I’d love to take my children to would be Thailand, which is where we went on honeymoon. It’s a beautiful country and the different areas vary greatly. They’d be able to experience delicious food, amazing scenery, beautiful weather and some lovely people as well as seeing the sights and experiencing the different culture.
All over the world on a huge adventure to learn about different cultures and languages.
america- so much to see and do
An African Safari would be great for my kids
All of the USA
Everywhere!
South Africa!
Thailand
To Japan for the culture
Malaysia, it’s one of our favourite places to visit and would love to take our precious daughter there too one day to enjoy it with us and make new memories.
to new zealand
anywhere they want to go, peru would be great
The Valley of the Kings in Egypt
Australia. It is my biggest regret that I didn’t go there when I was younger.
Anywhere she wants, although I love Florida and I’d love her to experience it!
Everywhere possible starting with Europe
Australia and New Zealand.
Arabia, but that’s probably my stomach talking as the food is incredible and the hospitality endless.
america
Iceland so they can really imagine what the moon looks like
Australia
china
Iceland to see the Northern Lights
India
Canada or Australia x
Within the UK as lots of beautiful places on our doorstep
To Mars! Only joking, probably the Caribbean – I love the culture there and the happy people and laid back atmosphere. (@PeanutHog)
Asia
New Zealand!
With all the trouble in the world at the moment, I think its safer to stay in Great Britain
South America
Eastern Europe
I’d love my child to have the opportunity to travel everywhere
The Amazon rain forest
I would like to inspire my child to travel to the farthest corners of the world, to experience the sights,the sounds, the smells, the culture and the people, hopefully to return a better and more tolerant person
South America!
To India – it sounds amazing
I’d love my daughter to aspire to travel throughout Europe and the world and to visit all of the historical site.
Actually round Britain with so many different tastes and beautiful sights
He loves marine life, so places with amazing beaches!
Egypt
france
Probably New Zealand and Australia as we were fortunate enough to visit them a couple of years ago
As far as he has the ability to do so, life has no boundaries explore
I would love my children to be inspired to travel the world and discover new places and cultures. I also want them to know that they can always travel home, there will always be a place for them here!
Austraila
China and Japan
Amazon Rainforest – before we lose it!
to outer space, the new frontier!
italy i’d love to go and im sure the kids would love to go too
America, the grand canyon
south East Asia to experience a completely different culture and way of life
To Mexico, my favourite destination.
to Alaska as it’s somewhere I’ve always wanted to go
Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, so much history!
To Japan or China
New Zealand
We love to travel to Iceland each year
To the ends of the earth and back or if not to Alaska.
Would love to travel to New Zealand and see where they filmed the lord of the rings. it looks truly amazing
New Zealand and Australia
America
As many places in the world as possible
inspire them to travel any where away from home
Anywhere they wish to go is fine by be, so much beauty and culture in the world….. so much to see and learn xx
India and Nepal – I visited a while back and although quite intense, it was a wonderful journey
To the Arctic Circle
I would like my children to travel to the Antipodes, where I was raised, and also to places that are most likely to change forever some time soon, for example, Paraguay and Pitcairn island.
Anywhere of historica interest but where it is still safe to travel !l
places that have fantastic history like India and china
Australia 🙂
I’d love my children to travel to Places like India and experience all the tradional, food culture and classes
I would love my children to see as many countries as possible to experience the different cultures, sights, cuisine etc 🙂
Don’t ignore what’s on your doorstep – there is plenty to see in the good old UK
Based on our travels, I’d love my kids to experience Asia especially Cambodia and Laos, but who knows what it will be like when they’re old enough compared to when we went!
Australia
Scandinavia
My son wants to go to Russia, so I’m going to encourage him to go there and other countries to experience other cultures
Asia 🙂
To Asia, especially to India
We have so many beautiful places in the British Isles I think that would be a good place to start.
To America
USA
To China
I would love for my children to travel anywhere that is less fortunate than us, I would like them to grow up, appreciating life, friends and family, appreciate everything that we have. Life isn’t just about what material we have, and who has better things. Everyone would do well to know that.
New Zealand and Space.
I don’t have one place – I’d just like to encourage them to grab opportunities, be adventurous, explore the world and experience other cultures 🙂 Wherever they want to go!
South America
South America
I would inspire my kids to travel around Britain first seeing all our amazing landmarks and then to New Zealand and Australia where we have family living out there
Australia xx
Jamaca
I’d like my child to travel to anywhere they’ve never been before
India
My son has a love of all things Pokemon and would love to go to Japan!
I would love to take my Daughters to as many places as possible – Lapland is a must! x
Japan or Vietnam
I think anywhere outside her comfort zone. Everywhere has the same high street shops, food outlets, coffee shops etc. So to anywhere that doesn’t have all that!