The anatomy of how we book trips
If it seems like I’m coming out of no where with this next trip it’s because I am. It wasn’t really supposed to be a last-minute trip but here we […]
Tag Archives: Travel with kids
Travel Fail: I trick myself into thinking I speak French
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 […]
We travel with kids and we break all our own parenting rules
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 […]
Isla Taboga, Panama
Half of our Panama trip was spent on Isla Taboga. The small island, with a population of about 1,500, landed on our itinerary because of its close proximity to the […]
Speelgoedmuseum Mechelen (Mechelen Toy Museum)
One time in Prague, my sister and I were faced with a tough decision: spend part of our very limited budget on admission to some culturally relevant museum or instead, check […]
The wild extremes of a traveling family (part II)
(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 […]
The wild extremes of the traveling family (part I)
Travel is like real life, but condensed. The highs are higher and the lows are lower. One minute you’re skipping along, on top of the world and the next, a stranger […]
About going to places you know nothing about (i.e. what I liked about Mechelen, Belgium)
A long time ago, the moonlight hit Mechelen’s St. Rumbold’s tower in such a way that made some drunk guy think it was on fire. In his liquored up state […]
We did another trip! I failed to tell my blog readers
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. […]
We made it back in one piece!
We all survived our first international trip with the twins. And let me tell you… Survival. Was. A. Feat.
Worldwide Shambles 