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Chillin’ in Scotland
August 18th – 25th For our final trip before school starts, we decided to head north to Scotland. The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Whales and Northern Ireland. They call them countries, but they operate more like different states in the US. We took the train up, which took ~5 hours. Edinburgh which is southern…
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A week in Ireland
July 24 – 31 Jen and I did a trip to Ireland back in 2019 without the kids (thanks Papa and Yaya!) and really enjoyed it. Since it’s nearby and wouldn’t count against are Schengen day limits, we decided it would be fun to show it to the kids. We chose to largely go back…
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Two weeks in Tuscany: Week 2
We didn’t want the hassle of having to travel far for our second week and were able to find what looked like a nice place to stay just outside of Montalcino, so we decided to stay in Tuscany for a second week. The new place, Castello Brunello, was fantastic… super well done, incredible views, great…
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Two weeks in Tuscany: Week 1
With ~3 weeks until we can move into our new apartment, we decided to go somewhere we know that we like: Tuscany. We booked an Agriturismo (basically a farm that produces food/wine and also has a hotel) about an hour outside of the Pisa airport in the Chianti region and hoped for the best. It…
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The trough of despair
Haven’t posted for awhile. We needed a break from constantly being on the road, so we decided to go back to London a week earlier than we needed to be back for apartment hunting and figured we’d enjoy exploring our new city for a bit. A few things didn’t go as hoped: It wasn’t great,…
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New place! Verona, Italy
“Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;Whole misadventured piteous overthrowsDo with their death bury their parents’ strife.The fearful passage of their death-mark’d…
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Italy Saves the Day Again (Milan)
After the horrible air pollution in Santorini, we left after only one night. But where to go? Santorini (thankfully) has an airport (many of the Greek islands do not), so we looked at options flying out the next day, cross-referenced the air quality in those places and decided on Milan. Ryan had been once for…
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New place! Milan, Italy – Urgent escape from Greece
Well…. Santorini didn’t work out so well. We have now learned 2 things: 2. More unexpectedly… we learned that the Sahara dessert which stretches across most of northern Africa can have huge sandstorms that can blow sand and dust far to the north and have a huge impact on the air quality across all of…
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New place! Santorini
After thoroughly enjoying a week in Crete, we were excited to explore additional Greek isles. Santorini is one of the most famous places in the world and only a 2 hour speed ferry away, so that was our first stop. The Ferry leaves at 8am, so we hit our favorite beech restaurant one more time,…
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Some family Q&A – May 17th
We’ve been a lot of places in the last 2 months! We had a 3 hour drive, so decided to survey the family with a bunch questions about our experience so far. Here’s what we learned: Top 3 countries: Emma: 1) England / London, 2) Italy 3) Greece Lincoln: 1) Italy, 2) England / UK,…
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