Thinking about heading to Oktoberfest in Munich? The fest starts Sept. 22 (Sept. 22 now in 2019!), but winter and spring is the time to start planning, especially if you want table reservations in one of the famous beer tents at the Oktoberfest. Chris and I have been twice to the Munich celebration and highly recommend [...]
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Where to stay, eat and play in Munich for Oktoberfest with kids
Hi guys! It's been two weeks since we returned from Munich and Oktoberfest with the kids, so I want to wrap up this recap with some final housekeeping-type stuff with some of the practical details of our trip! If you are planning to go to Oktober [...] → more
While we found Oktoberfest to be a fabulous time to head for Germany, Munich with kids is a good idea just about any time of year! We had a blast at the Englischer Garten, Deutches Museum, Marianplatz and more. Munich is always great, and Munich with kids is even better.
From my first few posts on our trip to [...] → more
Dancing on benches. Roasted meats and sausages. Liter after liter of beer. Yeah, we had a great time at Oktoberfest! (Without the kids this time).
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Going to Oktoberfest with kids: our experience a Munich babysitting agency.
For our visit to Oktoberfest, we arranged to use a Munich babysitting agency so that we could enjoy some kid-free time. It worked out great and I'm happy to update that more than nine months later, the kids are still talki [...] → more
With about two-and-a-half months to go until Oktoberfest in Munich, Chris and I took our most important step yet in planning our trip yesterday ... 
We orde [...]
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5 years in Sicily: a dream come true
Note: I started working on this post shortly after leaving Sicily in mid-January, but have been so busy I'm only just finishing it now. Something about three kids, international move, new schools, new house needing lots of work, lots of feel [...] → more
We've now been in Sicily for approaching four years, and I'm still surprised by how much of this gorgeous island we still have to explore! Last month, we visited Sicily's southern coast and had a wonderful first post-lockdown weekend in Marina di Ragusa. Our goal was really just to find a house with a pool and near a b [...]
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Our Points Update: 20 free nights this year!
It's been a busy year for us! We've traveled most months, had a whole bunch of visitors (thanks for coming, guys!), moved to a new house, found out we're having another baby annnndddddddd Owen started KINDERGARTEN. Whew. Oh yeah, in betw [...] → more
Happy New Year, everyone!* Having looked back over some of our favorite things from last year, I wanted to take a moment to talk about some of the things we're excited abou [...]
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Just as I've finally gotten used to writing '17' for the year on documents, here we are about two seconds away from 2018. Per usual, I find myself fairly stunned by the passage of time. But as is customary, I thought I'd take a few minutes to reflect on our year here in Sicily. In our first full year here in Sicily, [...]
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So packing light is something I've been wanting to address for a while now. We're big proponents of limiting the amount of stuff you take on a trip as much as possible. Not only can this save you money -- checking a bag or bags can get expensive quickly -- but it also saves you the considerable trouble of dragging it a [...]
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Well, I blinked and suddenly we are marking our first anniversary in Sicily! How is that possible? If we end up staying for only three years (we can probably extend to five), that means we're already 1/3 done with our time here? Insanity. I planned to reflect on a year here myself, but it occurred to me that you guy [...]
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I can't remember if I've mentioned it, but Owen (who turns 5 next week!) has turned into quite the little museum enthusiast. (He was real pissed when the adults lost interest in the Deutsche [...]
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For whatever reason with my family, we always seem to have various mishaps while traveling. Get a group of us together and invariably we’ll end up with a slew of “remember that time in Pisa …” or “remember that time with the crowded train …” as a springboard into a story of misadventure from our family lo [...]
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Basically conversations with Chris lately have gone something like this: "So I'm thinking we should go to (place name) over Columbus Day weekend." "We're going to Oktoberfest right before that and Venice after, it is too much." "Huh? No, I'm talking about the next Columbus Day. 2018!" " ... seriously?" S [...]
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So first some news: we're coming back to the States in this fall! 
Christmas in Chicago last year! Today we cashed out our [...]
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As you may have noticed, we've been taking it a little easier on weekend trips since we moved into our house -- a combination of having things to do around our house now, and just plain being tired from the holiday season. That said, we've hardly been idle on the trip-planning front. So far we have plans to spend 9 day [...]
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