A Travel & Expat Lifestyle Blog
This past weekend I got to experience one of my “living in Europe dreams.” On Friday afternoon, after a full week of crazy kids, I packed up a small bag, grabbed the baby and met my girlfriend at the train station. We boarded the Thalys for …
Well.. back in August I thought I was taking my last family photo as a family of four, but our new little guy waited till October 5th to make his debut. As I am sure you can imagine October was crazy as we adjusted to …
There are some activities worth repeating! Last year one of our first outings with friends was to go apple picking. (Read about that here.) We had such a lovely time I didn’t want to miss the fun this year despite opening weekend hovering near my …
Every time I told someone we were going to drive around Scotland they asked if we were headed to the Isle of Skye. I figured that meant it was a must see. Sure enough, everyone was right! We stayed in Portree at the Isles Inn. …
This weekend, sticking to our theme of local exploration for this pregnant lady, we decided to check out the Archeon Viking Festival held at the Archeon living history museum. The museum is part of the Museumkaart program and only a thirty-minute drive from Delft. The weather was …
This month’s Me & Mine linkup is particularly special because it is likely the last one as a family of four. We are due with baby boy number three towards the end of September! I can not wait to meet the little guy, but …
Edinburgh is just one of those cities I instantly fell in love with. Jeff had a work conference in the city. The kids and I spent a week exploring the city, somewhat on our own, before heading out as a family on a driving tour. (Check out …
The Vogelpark Avifauna park in Alphen aan de Rijn seemed like a perfect last-minute Sunday outing when the weather unexpectedly cleared up. Any expectations we had were exceeded! We were honestly not very prepared for the trip. I had the park on my list of …
I’ve been really struggling with how to organize and keep all the memories from our travels. My boys are young and I really want them to have something they can look back on to remember this magical time in our lives. Photo books are one …
May and June were packed full of travel and luckily we grabbed a few family shots during our travels. We had amazing weather for our Berlin trip. A passing stranger snapped this photo in front of Berlin’s Victory Statue for us. On our May trip to …