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Category Archives: Travel Fail

When things fall apart.

Travel Fail: We go on an overnight desert safari that apparently isn’t really a thing

February 20, 2018by Jules Leave a comment

I’m not one to book excursions ahead of time. Partly because I’m not that organized and partly because lots of places use PayPal and PayPal has banned me until I […]

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Travel Fail: Why Millie needs plan her travel more carefully

February 1, 2017by Jules 2 Comments

It has come to our attention that Millie might not have the best luck with travel. Don’t get me wrong, she’s got a great attitude, and since she’s only two […]

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Travel (blog) Fail: We went to Europe again and I forgot to blog about it

January 12, 2017by Jules Leave a comment

12:27 PM – Tickets are booked for Rome and Malta! We can’t wait to see you! That was a text I sent to Andy a week before we left on […]

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Travel Fail, Where I've been

Travel Fail: Below freezing temperatures, the Andes Mountains and damp swimsuit under my clothes

September 22, 2016by Jules Leave a comment

“Oh my God! Do you need to borrow a pair of socks?” A Dutch guy said to Andy incredulously. “And I actually have an extra sweater too.” Then his girlfriend looked at […]

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Travel Fail: Promising the Son of God but delivering his mom

April 23, 2016by Jules Leave a comment

Did you know that when you pick travel destinations based on flight times syncing with nap schedules you run the risk of not having a clue what there is to see […]

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Travel Fail: I trick myself into thinking I speak French

February 2, 2016by Jules 1 Comment

I like to joke that you can’t fake French – to which you could argue that it’s pretty hard to fake any language. When I say this, I don’t mean […]

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We travel with kids and we break all our own parenting rules

December 11, 2015by Jules 1 Comment

Like every other good, terrified parent, Andy and I are trying our best to not screw up our kids. If I’ve learned anything from my 16 months of being a […]

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Foreign Findings, Travel Fail

The wild extremes of a traveling family (part II)

November 22, 2015by Jules 3 Comments

(This is continued from yesterday’s post.) Okay friends, it’s time to shatter yesterday’s illusion of us being the family who always has it together. Gotta keep the blog real, I […]

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We did another trip! I failed to tell my blog readers

October 14, 2015by Jules 2 Comments

Here is the conversation I’ve been dreading. I’ve played it out a million times in my head and now the time has come to start an open dialog about it. […]

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Travel Fail, Travel Triumph
Ramona Quimby diary page.

Travel (blog) Fail: Lots of beginnings without any endings

June 17, 2014by Jules 2 Comments

When I was just six years old, I got my first diary. It was a Ramona Quimby diary with lots of writing prompts aimed at bringing out the creative genius of your average […]

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