A Kid’s Take: Florida
Ever since I was a little kid, I have been going to Florida. My Grandma lives down in the keys, so we’ve visited her a lot, about fifteen times. The […]
Category Archives: Travel Planning
(Amster)Dam Awesome!
(Amster)Dam Awesome! We just returned from three pretty perfect days in Amsterdam, taking full advantage of the many long weekends on our kids’ May school calendar (thanks, Catholics!). So… Amsterdam. What […]
SPAIN, Part II: Catalunar Landing
SPAIN, Part II: Catalunar Landing. From Madrid (see SPAIN, Part I: Basquing in Spain; here you can see our route referred to in Part II), we ventured into beautiful territory on our […]
SPAIN, Part I: Basquing in Spring
SPAIN, Part I: Basquing in Spring. If it’s a school break, it’s another country. This time, we drove to Spain (mainly because we CAN! How fun is that?!?), as planned […]
Express Marrakech
Express Marrakech (apologies to Crosby, Stills & Nash). We’ve had a crazy few weeks that included the very sad death of my father-in-law. He was a kind, humble, easy-going man […]
Raiders of Les Arcs
Raiders of Les Arcs. We recently returned from a fun winter break at a great resort in France called Les Arcs. We scheduled this ski week a year ago, fearing that […]
UK, PART II: So Lochy! Hogmanay in Scotland
UK, PART II: So Lochy! Hogmanay in Scotland. [See UK, Part I about Christmas in England here.] First, a note of appreciation for Heathrow’s Terminal 5. This may be the best, […]
UK, PART I: Merry Potter! Christmas in England
Christmas and New Years in the UK? Well, considering that it can be cold and rainy any time of the year in the UK, we figured why not go when […]
ITALY PART II. On Top of Spaghetti
Leaving from Basel (due to the car window fiasco) rather than Fribourg allowed us to drive over a different and beautiful part of the Alps. (See here for ITALY PART I – […]
ITALY PART I: Linguini Franca
ITALY PART I: Linguini Franca. (ITALY PART II is a trip report about destinations from this trip – contact me to plan a trip like this). We have just returned […]
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