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Trip planning with points, continued: hotel points

*Yesterday I talked about our experience with Chase Ultimate Rewards points, which can be used for flights, hotels, rental cars, cash back, […]

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Trip planning with points: what’s in your wallet?

So first some news: we’re coming back to the States in this fall!  Christmas in Chicago last year! Today we cashed out […]

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What we’ve been up to lately: summer edition

The weather has been beautiful (and HOT!) here in Sicily, and we’ve been keeping busy! Our main goal on a daily basis […]

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Aci Trezza Mount Etna Sicily Siracusa/Ortigia Taormina

New sights at familiar spots: Taormina, Siracusa, Mount Etna

One of the best parts of having visitors is being inspired to revisist some of our favorite places! When my in-laws were […]

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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 […]

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Rock of Cashel with kids
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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 and here. Warning on that […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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6 days in Ireland, 3 days in Dublin with kids
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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 […]

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Must-see Loire Valley: Chenonceau and Chambord
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FRANCE, Day Seven: Castles, castles, castles

Many of the people who know me in real life know about my love of British royal history … my guilty pleasure […]

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The Giro d’Italia comes to Sicily

Pausing this France recap for a minute — Wednesday the kids and I watched a (tiny bit) of the Giro d”Italia! If […]

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Chateau d'Usse, Loire Valley with kids
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FRANCE, Day Six: Sleeping Beauty’s castle, history and wine

Our family spent the last half of our trip to France visiting the Loire Valley with kids, and I can honestly say […]

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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 […]

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FRANCE, Day Four — Cannons and Climbing

One of the best parts of traveling with little kids is seeing their unexpected delight at the most random things. Tuesday may […]

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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 much say it […]

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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 […]

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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) […]

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We’ve been here HOW long?

During the first hectic couple of weeks here, when everything was either baffling or infuriating or both (I’m looking at you, government bureaucracy), […]

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Kasey

Hello! My name is Kasey, and I am a wife, mom, writer and travel enthusiast living in beautiful Sicily. In this blog, I hope to share our adventures and misadventures as we adjust to living overseas, learning Italian and traveling the world with two of the most fun kiddos on the planet.

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