*Yesterday I talked about our experience with Chase Ultimate Rewards points, which can be used for flights, hotels, rental cars, cash back, […]
So first some news: we’re coming back to the States in this fall! Christmas in Chicago last year! Today we cashed out […]
The weather has been beautiful (and HOT!) here in Sicily, and we’ve been keeping busy! Our main goal on a daily basis […]
One of the best parts of having visitors is being inspired to revisist some of our favorite places! When my in-laws were […]
Ireland, Day Six: Visiting the Cliffs of Moher with kids Short story: everything people say about the Irish countryside is true. Green […]
IRELAND, DAY 5: The Rock of Cashel with kids With incredible scenery, fascinating history and plenty of room to run around, visiting […]
Fun. Fairly chill. Easier than expected. Words I use to describe our experience driving around in Ireland, with me (exclusively) at the […]
If you missed the first three blogs on our stay in Dublin, find them here and here and here. Warning on that […]
As we were planning our trip, we — me, Chris, Gail and David — spent a lot of time trying to figure […]
In case you missed it, my account of our low-key first day in Dublin is here. With Monday came the first of […]
Our 6 days in Ireland: Visiting Dublin with kids Well, we’re back from what Chris has officially dubbed “my favorite place we’ve […]
Many of the people who know me in real life know about my love of British royal history … my guilty pleasure […]
Pausing this France recap for a minute — Wednesday the kids and I watched a (tiny bit) of the Giro d”Italia! If […]
Our family spent the last half of our trip to France visiting the Loire Valley with kids, and I can honestly say […]
So picture this: You are heading to your seat on what you hope will be a nice, relaxing 1.5 hour train ride […]
One of the best parts of traveling with little kids is seeing their unexpected delight at the most random things. Tuesday may […]
While most of my recap posts (here and here) have been fairly wordy, for Day Three the pictures pretty much say it […]
“It’s so beautiful that it hurts me,” said Anne softly. “Perfect things like that always did hurt me — I remember I […]
We’re back! Chris, the kids and I just spent a fabulous eight days in France (celebrating my 30th birthday along the way) […]
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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