Europe
A few travel highlights from 2014 while I plan this year’s adventures
January 23, 2015The hardest part of starting a New Year is saying good bye to the old one, especially if it was a good one and while other people are performing cleanses of the body detox sort, I’m purging my phone of the14000 photos I’ve managed to store there in the past year because I don’t want […]
If I owned a bakery and a few other lovely places in Denmark I dream about daily
June 27, 2014We were so lucky that when we visited Copenhagen, our Airbnb rental was literally right above a fabulous bakery. I think we ended up going to Wulf and Konstali at least once every day while we were there. The bread and pastries were fantastic and there were so many deli items that it was easy […]
The cutest little ice cream stand in Copenhagen (Oswald’s Isbar, Copenhagen)
June 18, 2014And maybe the sweetest ice cream man I’ve ever met. We biked to this adorable little neighborhood looking for the smallest hotel in Copenhagen and its coffee shop underneath after we had a lovely morning biking to an amazing playground and mirror house I saw on Pinterest. (Did I tell you we biked a TON […]
Dreamiest Cafe in the World (Royal Smushi Cafe, Copenhagen)
June 3, 2014When we travel we seek out coffee shops, even if the kids are in tow and probably mostly BECAUSE the kids are in tow. But it doesn’t mean we have to settle for Starbucks (even though I do love our Seattle chain, it’s crazy how we see it EVERYWHERE and it’s nice to try things […]
Copenhagen, Denmark with kids: a phototease
May 30, 2014Copenhagen was the last leg of an amazing trip and I keep avoiding writing about it because it was my new ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD and I fear that my soul thinks that if I write about it, the trip will finally be over, even though we’ve been back for weeks now. […]
Because I wanted to ride a funicular (Switzerland with kids)
May 23, 2014I think our travel formula has stayed the same since the hubby and I started traveling together back in college. We always look for places based on the time we have, how much it’s going to cost (and what we can afford or want to pay) and some kind of weird or wonderful thing one […]
If you haven’t heard of Strasbourg France you might want to especially at Easter (Europe with kids)
May 16, 2014When 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 […]
A love note to Airbnb from a family who used an Airbnb in Paris
May 6, 2014When we visited Paris with our kids, I wanted to re-visit this coffee shop my bestie took me when I went without the kids about a year and a half ago. It had a merry-go-round in front and so many adorable shops and bakeries nearby. So, when I found a nearby apartment on Airbnb, a […]
First snapshots from France (Paris with kids)
May 2, 2014Sometimes 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 […]
Three days in Iceland (Iceland with kids)
April 30, 2014I don’t know about you, but when I first thought about Iceland, it brought back haunting memories of my over-the-top Bjork phase in tenth grade where I totally thought she was the most amazing music artist EVER and I might have even thought about wearing a swan dress. But with kids, Iceland is the perfect […]
A bunch of things I’m shopping for on a Monday after a vacation
April 28, 2014We just got back from our whirlwind European trip so you can expect to see a lot of travel posts in the next little bit, but for today, this lovely morning when I’ve been awake since 3am with one energetic, jet-lagged little boy, I’m shopping while the sun rises. And it’s perfect. Isn’t this how […]
Lining up at The Eiffel Tower and the Paris zoo but not at the Louvre! (Paris with kids)
April 24, 2014Maybe the first thing you should check when you book a holiday is if things are actually going to be open in the place you’re visiting or if things will be super-crowded when you get there. But we didn’t and this wasn’t our first time making this kind of mistake. I was too excited about […]
When Advertising Works (Iceland with kids)
April 22, 2014Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean I’d finished my magazine, the kids were sleeping and I needed a break from my book. I didn’t really have time for a whole movie so the “Visit Iceland” videos on the airplane entertainment system became very appealing. I watched one on South Iceland, the region we were visiting and […]
A few first snapshots of our Iceland travels(Iceland with kids)
April 19, 2014We’ve barely left Iceland, but it was such a phenomenally beautiful place, I just wanted to photodump some of my favorites before I give all the details in a few weeks. Iceland with kids is an awesome trip and I would recommend it as a great trip for families-especially if you need a stopover from […]
In Real Life shopping on a sunny Monday
April 8, 2014It’s not everyday I get to go shopping in real life IN an actual store, but I needed to run some errands this morning and that brought me to Target, which is always a fun exercise. I have loved Target for so long (but hasn’t everyone?) and today I was proud because I didn’t buy […]
They’ve (sort-of)seen London, They’ve (sort-of) seen France (Family Travel Europe Research)
March 24, 2014Long ago when I was pregnant with my guys, we visited London and France to see my two besties who were living overseas. I can’t believe how much life has changed since then! Then last year, I went back to see S who was still there for a quick 3 night trip, my first away […]
100 hours in Paris
July 5, 2012So 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, 2012The 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 […]