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2018 in review: Highlights of our year!

How cow, 2018 was a fun year for us in terms of travel! And an eventful one. We may have gone a little crazier than normal on trips since we had a bit of a carpe diem attitude ("gotta go now, Owen starts school in the fall!" and "let's go before we have another baby" and "what if we never see fares this low again?!"). [...]

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10 reasons to plan a family holiday in SICILY

10 reasons to plan a family holiday in Sicily

It’s been more than 18 months since we moved to Sicily, but I remain astonished by how much this island has to offer. Despite having spent a considerable amount of time daydreaming about possible vacation destinations in the years befo [...]

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Surviving a long plane ride with toddlers and preschoolers: A Packing List

If you are planning a long plane ride with your toddlers or preschoolers, chances are you are stressing out about it. Hell, we've done this at least five times now and it still stresses me out! That said, you can make things easier on yourselves by packing strategically. You don't need to bring [...]

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10 tips for surviving a long plane ride with young children

Headed on a plane ride with your babies, toddlers or perschoolers soon? Let's start by saying it probably isn't going to be as rough as you think! With a little preparation and the right attitude, surviving a long plane ride with young children can be easier than you think.

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Germany Munich Traveling with kids

Oktoberfest: Using a Munich babysitting agency

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 [...]

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Germany Munich Traveling with kids

Oktoberfest in Munich: Fest fun with the kids

Can you take kids to Oktoberfest in Munich? Yes! Should you take kids to Oktoberfest in Munich? Yes! (At least, during the day. At night you might want to invest in
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7 unexpected benefits of traveling with young children

Unexpected benefits of traveling with young children

Traveling with young children often gets a pretty bad rap. People talk all the time about wanting to do certain types of trips "before we have kids," as if the baby's first cry sounds the death knell for travel ambitions. I sa [...]

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Europe with kids: stroller or carrier?

If you had asked me this question before our first major trip since getting here -- visiting Naples and Rome -- my answer would have been "neither." I don't want to deal with a stroller, I'd say. Fiona loves to walk! She hasn't let me put her in a carrier since she was about 13 months old, I'd [...]

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Traveling in Europe with kids and without losing your mind

So you are going to Europe with kids ... First of all, good for you! It has always been our experience that travel adds somthing wonderful to your life. It broadens your horizons (and your palate), leads to great memories and is just plain fun. Europe is a fascinating, varied and historically rich place [...]

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Ireland Traveling with kids

IRELAND: Visiting the Cliffs of Moher with kids

Ireland, Day Six: Visiting the Cliffs of Moher with kids

Short story: everything people say about the Irish countryside is true. Green and gorgeous! I'm not going to bother with a lot of words today because the pictures (almost) say it all. If you are a visiting Ireland solo or as [...]

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Visiting the Rock of Cashel with kids

IRELAND, DAY 5: The Rock of Cashel with kids

With incredible scenery, fascinating history and plenty of room to run around, visiting the Rock of Cashel with kids turned out to be an excellent choice for our Ireland trip. Located in the middle of the country, the Rock of Cashel feels "on the way" to so [...]

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Ireland Travel tips Traveling with kids

IRELAND, interlude: Renting a car on the Emerald Isle

Fun. Fairly chill. Easier than expected. Words I use to describe our experience driving around in Ireland, with me (exclusively) at the wheel. Nerve-racking. White knuckles. Life flashed before my eyes. Words my husband used to describe our experience drivi [...]

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IRELAND, Day Four: Last Day in Dublin

If you missed the first three blogs on our stay in Dublin, find them here and here an [...]

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Ireland Traveling with kids

IRELAND, Day Three: Trying out a tour

As we were planning our trip, we -- me, Chris, Gail and David -- spent a lot of time trying to figure out which sites in Ireland to prioritize. There were about a dozen places we wanted to see, but given that they were mostly in disparate parts of the country and we has less than six days to work with, choices had to b [...]

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Dublin Ireland Traveling with kids

Guinness Storehouse and Trinity College with kids

In case you missed it, my account of our low-key first day in Dublin is here. With Monday came the first of what we lovingly termed “the death march days.” It is a running joke (maybe a joke? [...]

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Dublin Ireland Traveling with kids

6 days in Ireland: Dublin with kids

Our 6 days in Ireland: Visiting Dublin with kids

Well, we’re back from what Chris has officially dubbed “my favorite place we've been.” High praise! We spent 6 days in Ireland, including Dublin, a
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France Traveling with kids

FRANCE, Day Five: Tours

So picture this: You are heading to your seat on what you hope will be a nice, relaxing 1.5 hour train ride to another city. You've got your laptop bag and plans to do a little work along the way. And then you get to your seat. A screaming 2-year-old is in your seat, valiantly resisting all efforts by her moth [...]

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France Traveling with kids

FRANCE, Day Three — Visiting Monet’s House

While most of my recap posts (here and here) have been fairly wordy, for Day Three the pictures pretty mu [...]

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France Paris Traveling with kids

FRANCE, Day Two — Three churches and some art

"It's so beautiful that it hurts me," said Anne softly. "Perfect things like that always did hurt me -- I remember I called it 'the queer ache' when I was a child. What is the reason that pain like this seems inseparable from perfection?"

-Anne's House of Dr [...]

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France Paris Traveling with kids

FRANCE, Day One: Above and below ground

We're back! Chris, the kids and I just spent a fabulous eight days in France (celebrating my 30th birthday along the way) and it went even better than I could have hoped for. This was Chris' second and my fourth trip to Paris, but we were able to focus on the places that we hadn't been before so a lot of things we [...]

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2018 in review: Highlights of our year!

10 reasons to plan a family holiday in SICILY

10 reasons to plan a family holiday in Sicily

Surviving a long plane ride with toddlers and preschoolers: A Packing List

10 tips for surviving a long plane ride with young children

Headed on a plane ride with your babies, toddlers or perschoolers soon? Let's start by saying it probably isn't going to be as rough as you think! With a little preparation and the right attitude, surviving a long plane ride with young children can be easier than you think.

Oktoberfest: Using a Munich babysitting agency

Going to Oktoberfest with kids: our experience a Munich babysitting agency.

Oktoberfest in Munich: Fest fun with the kids

7 unexpected benefits of traveling with young children

Unexpected benefits of traveling with young children

Europe with kids: stroller or carrier?

Traveling in Europe with kids and without losing your mind

IRELAND: Visiting the Cliffs of Moher with kids

Ireland, Day Six: Visiting the Cliffs of Moher with kids

Visiting the Rock of Cashel with kids

IRELAND, DAY 5: The Rock of Cashel with kids

IRELAND, interlude: Renting a car on the Emerald Isle

IRELAND, Day Four: Last Day in Dublin

IRELAND, Day Three: Trying out a tour

Guinness Storehouse and Trinity College with kids

6 days in Ireland: Dublin with kids

Our 6 days in Ireland: Visiting Dublin with kids

FRANCE, Day Five: Tours

FRANCE, Day Three — Visiting Monet’s House

FRANCE, Day Two — Three churches and some art

FRANCE, Day One: Above and below ground

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