France

If you haven’t heard of Strasbourg France you might want to especially at Easter (Europe with kids)

May 16, 2014

When we planned our “Let’s go to Europe trip” we were just excited that Iceland Air would let us book with a stopover in Iceland on the way to Paris then fly out of Zurich. We chose those places because they sounded neat and their timetables worked with ours. So Strasbourg was no different. I […]

Paris with kids watching swans in the park

First snapshots from France (Paris with kids)

May 2, 2014

Sometimes pictures say so much more than words. I’ll get to the details of how we got around in Paris and Strasbourg with the kids soon but I wanted to get these out of my camera: And scrolling through my photostream I realized the difference in traveling to France with my kids versus the […]

100 hours in Paris

July 5, 2012

So maybe it wasn’t quite 100 hours in Paris, but I did spend nearly 100 hours kid-free on the whole journey from the time I left the airport to the time my sweet boys all picked me up. So what does a stay at home mom set free into the big big world with her […]

Chocoron (Aoki Bakery, Paris)

June 29, 2012

The boys are totally addicted to everything macaron, so I couldn’t help but squeal with glee when I found this lovely confection among the millions of macarons enticing shoppers in Paris. A chocoron. (English Translation: a heavenly macaron enrobed with chocolate). Oh and it was delightful. I wonder when we’ll start seeing these stateside. You […]