This is a space where the cliffs and the houses have made their marriage for a good many years and it was a masterful process, a lesson not in eroding but in fitting.
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A spring trip to Normandy and Brittany
A 7 day family trip to France with a 3 day focus on Normandy and historic WW2 sites, stopping also in Nantes and Paris
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Rome
When I travel plan, my brain sorts out an itinerary from degrees of overly ambitious to still-quite-busy but at least you have time to sleep. None of it’s impossible, but your dominos need to be lined up just so to make it work. But this long weekend in Rome demanded a slower, no stress sort of experience.
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Thoughts on being in Paris, toute seule
In a city that once intimidated and demanded so much, something quiet and peaceful blossomed within me. At that riverbank, all alone, a new world started to bleed over the horizon, a moment of serenity that confounds me now.
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on a daytrip to: Cueta
A travel blog lends itself pretty easily to topics to be written about. Going somewhere? There’s your next post. Title? Name of the destination + possibly the duration + possibly the means of getting there. It’s the complete lazy person’s prompt. It also leads to lazy writing and boring blog. Blah. I’m afraid that’s all […]
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Minimal Winter Packing List #2: Family edition and solo traveler
A four-day weekend packing list
for two adults and a toddler (that recycles outfits) that complies with Ryanair carry on rules.
Super Minimal Winter Packing List #1: Long weekend
A four-day weekend packing list
for two adults and a toddler (that recycles outfits) that complies with Ryanair carry on rules.
A long weekend in The Netherlands.
Short and sweet, 3 nights and 3 full days to one corner of The Netherlands in January.
When you have 4 weeks to spend in Spain
…why not spend most of that in Andalusia? See what ideas we cooked up when a friend visited us for four weeks.
A short jaunt to Crete
Learn from our quick introduction to Crete, including full details of our itinerary for two adults and one child under 2.
Time travel at the Acropolis
I had imagined myself to that tile floor, to those marble columns. I knew that someday I would stand on the steps, I would look at this place where civilization and worship and market took place two-plus thousand years ago and I would feel it.
Gracias, Grazalema.
Perhaps it was just that those village dwellers of a millenia ago prayed louder for rainfall than all the rest. Or perhaps the clouds, once knowing the way, became familiar with and enjoyed holidaying there among the smooth white walls as much as the tourists.
Iznájar, La Rambla, y Córdoba: a Mother’s Day Weekend road trip
Excerpt from travel log: Saturday, 6:00 pm: Back at the parking garage, oh what fun, 10% battery left and Cody’s data isn’t working. No car charger. James is gettin’ fussy. Time for a nap and chance to stretch out… if we ever make it back to the hotel.
A Trip to Liechtenstein (and its neighbors)
The desire to get outside and explore, to see a mountain face, had just been too overpowering from the start. Although the menu was of small proportions, Liechtenstein offered enough well developed trails and ample slopes to get lost among a hundred times over
Traveling with a baby under 1: A year in review
Sage advice time: What travel documents do you need for you and the baby? Will you need your passports? Do you have the same last name or will you need to bring a birth certificate?
Roadtrip to Mérida and Almendralejo
It’s difficult to imagine this tall structure, complete with columns, stage, statues, and seats, entombed by earth.
Feria Prep: a fashion show
Are ruffly skirts catching your eye as you peruse the latest spring fashion? After this past weekend, now I’m just thinking feria…
Ruins for the weekend: Baelo Claudio and Tarifa
Thanks to ongoing excavations and a mission to open the ancient world to the public, visiting these hobs of history is like walking through a 1000 year old veil.
Baby travel and Italy
It is universally acknowledged that while we shouldn’t go through with the desire, baby cuteness is directly related to their edibleness.
Ronda…coming full circle
Daytrips are for short term attachments. Staying overnight in a city is when one really falls in love.
Sevilla, on a whim
And now, like in all good travel stories, we were running dangerously low on time. And, like in all good travel stories, we took the opportunity to negotiate in a language we had no business pretending to speak.
Bordeaux, first by air
We wandered through a vast antique market where old pictures and the people who once treasured them made me melancholic and reflective.
Córdoba, first by train
Allow me this meandering post. ——— When you go to a place just because someone you love told you you’d love it too and you don’t do any research before, there’s already this sort of aura lent to the visit. When you make it the first trip you take with your baby, there’s a certain […]
London
(Skip to the itinerary) London London London Contrary to what I mistakenly told the customs agent (who gasped at our supposed wealth), no we weren’t staying at THE SHARD, the most impossible British nickname as well as the most expensive building in London. THE SHARD was our landmark (see picture below) for finding our budget […]
à Paris, avec le mari.
( Skip to the itinerary ) It was time. Cody couldn’t avoid it any longer. We were going to Paris. And guess what? He was going to looooooooove it. Especially the Eiffel Tower. and especially the crepes. and Notre Dame. and a romantic cruise along the Seine. and the fooooood. Basically all the Frenchiest things he would […]
MoodTrapping: Read me when you’re feeling overwhelmed
Think of it like Expat Blues, Where-Am-I-Insomnia, or What-Have-I-Been-Doing-With-My-Life-Introspection. People document this stuff every day and charge you $30 to read about it. I’ve decided to write about it here.
Travel Gear: LBD
If you enjoy wearing dresses, and maybe even if you don’t, may I suggest that the most versatile thing in your travel wardrobe could be a little black dress? But it can’t just be any LBD. It needs a certain magic travel-esque quality, to layer well, to transform into other things. It needs to translate […]
Paris, encore (another autumn trip)
Does Paris get better with age? Or based on how many times you’ve visited before? I realized I have stories and ghosts and friends that peek out around the other tourists, like little secrets between me and the city. It’s boundless, this Paris, in both good and daunting ways.
Travel Gear: Minimal family carry-on Fall weather packing list
After a successful four day weekend in Paris adhering to Transavia’s strict carry on requirements (two backpacks under 10kg (22 lbs), one stroller, a baby and no personal items!), I’m feeling pretty good about our packing prowess. Skip around using these links: Weather Bags Toddler Packing List My Packing List Spouse’s Packing List Randoms packed […]
Walking the Via Verde de la Sierra (eastern half)
We approached the Vía Verde de la Sierra on two different mornings for two different nature walks with our dog and toddler. It was hot and dry at the end of summer, but the views were still impactful.
Delphi and its Oracle
A parenting travel story told in three parts: the bus to the oracle, the oracle itself, and the museum.
