[cesaref]

It sounds like an amazing opportunity that you should grab. You both have the freedom to do something that normally would be closed to you due to constraints on both of your time (school and work).

Assuming you can afford it, how about hiring a camper van and taking off for a month, and see where you end up? There's bound to be places you both would love to see which otherwise would be difficult, and by being away from the trappings of home and email etc, you'll get some amazing quality time together which may not happen again.

11 is a great age, but you are at the start of some difficult years where there's lots of pressure on kids, both from society and from family (go well at school, know what you want to do etc etc). So take advantage of some care free time together!