Exploring the World through Design, Travel & Writing
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April 10, 2020 / Day 27 Quarantine Gratitude List: health, supportive husband, positive teens, kind neighbors, employed and coffee w/cream (my vice). As the days of quarantine, progress to weeks and almost hit the one month mark, it has become apparent how we’re only at the beginning of this period…
Posted in Covid-19, family, quarantine, and travel
April 4, 2020 / Day 21 Quarantine Gratitude List: healthy, w/ family, @ home, a pantry full, employed, working from home & daily walk One month from today, I had planned to travel abroad to a new destination on my first ever solo mother-daughter trip; my mother in her golden…
It was quite an adventure making our way from Paris to the South of France using the Metro, both high speed and local trains, which took us to our final destination the coastal town of Bandol. We started this leg of our trip glad our pre-booked high speed SNCF/TGV train wasn’t…
It has already been such an amazing adventure since our family left our home for Europe one week ago. To begin we had the usual sleepless overnight flight plus a long line through French customs, but with both to be excepted the children did fabulous with it all. Our rented…
For years I have loved reading memoirs, truthfully it doesn’t matter in this specific genre of books, if it were written five, twenty-five or hundred plus years ago, if it is set abroad I will pick it up and give it a try. Almost ever Friday you’ll find me wandering…
A simple act can feel quite momentous. After months of tracking flights, we’ve officially taken the leap and purchased our airline tickets for our upcoming family trip. As the title of this second post in my wanderlust series announces, the first destination will be Paris, France. Last year I decided to…
For at least a year or longer I have been thinking about taking a Big Family Trip, not the typical week at the beach or even a two week tour abroad, but an extended adventure; a family sabbatical. I know this is a term we hear about in regards to…
