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 [...]
Tag: Traveling
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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One of the best parts of having visitors is being inspired to revisist some of our favorite places! When my in-laws were here, we visited our two favorites -- Siracusa and Taormina -- and checked out places we hadn't seen. Taormina Taormina is one of our favorite places! Despite that one time t [...]
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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 [...] → more
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 [...] → more
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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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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Many of the people who know me in real life know about my love of British royal history ... my guilty pleasure being literally any historical fiction novel based on Plantagenets, Tudors, etc. I also have an affection for French history, however, so this day made me a happy lady. Naturally, I got to start my day off [...]
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Our family spent the last half of our trip to France visiting the Loire Valley with kids, and I can honestly say its been one of my favorite trips ever. One this particular day, we saw the Chateau d'Usse (Sleeping Beauty's castle), Fontevrault Abbey and the Saumur wine caves. I'd recommend all of them!
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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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One of the best parts of traveling with little kids is seeing their unexpected delight at the most random things. Tuesday may have been one of the kids' absolutely favorite days, and the chief reason wasn't the one I expected. We started off the day at Napoleon's Tomb and the Musee de l'Armee, part of a complex of b [...]
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"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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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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The verdict: Not As Bad As I Expected. Actually, that's a bit of an understatement. It actually went a lot better than I imagined, and the kids were freaking rock stars about it all. To sum up: we went up to Rome the night before on Alitalia (cheap Italian carrier), then flew from Rome to Chicago on Aer Lingus [...]
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It's only been two months (+3 days) since the four of us dragged ourselves, exhausted and over it, off our first-ever international flights as a family. Now, in just a couple more days we'll be boarding a plane to do it all over again -- except this time, it'll be just me and the kids.* Gulp. Basically, Chris di [...]
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