After our daughter Luna was born, I started doing research on what it’s like to travel with babies and discovered that (surprisingly) the newborn phase is actually considered one of the easier times to travel with little ones. Excited…
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DAY 11 Ferry to Santorini & Kamari Beach Our final ferry of the trip departed Milos around 10:30am and arrive two hours later in Santorini. Arriving by ferry to Santorini is an experience in itself — I’d visited the…
DAY 7 Agios Georgios on Naxos and ferry to Milos We spent our last moment on Naxos relaxing on island’s most popular beach, Agios Georgios. We strolled the beach until we found an unclaimed umbrella and chairs to rent.…
DAY 4 Ferry and Sunset at the Villa The majority of day 4 was spent in transit from Athens to our first island stop, Naxos. The Cyclades are a good distance southeast of the capital city — even a…
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Our 2-Week Whirlwind Tour of Athens & the Cyclades Islands
This trip was a long time in the making. Greece had been on our travel bucket list for years. Finally in 2020, we decided it was time to cross it off the list. I dove head-first into research and…
After over a year of various forms of lockdown in the Netherlands and even longer since our last visit home to the US, we were beyond ready for a change of scenery. So in April of 2021, we decided…
DAY 16 Morning walk around Carcassonne & afternoon walk of Sarlat-la-Caneda After a lovely little breakfast at our B&B it was time to pack our bags and check out (a shame we were there just one night!). Before taking…
DAY 13 Castellane, Verdon Gorge, and the lavender fields of the Valensole Plateau After four days in Villefranche-sur-Mer (the longest we’d stayed in any one place on the trip!), it was finally time to continue on to the next…
DAY 6 Paddle boats on Annecy Lake, walking tour of Annecy’s historic old town After breakfast, we were back in the car to continue further south. We were headed to Chamonix in the French Alps, where we’d stay the…
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France Road Trip Part 1: Alsace & Burgundy
DAY 1 Drive from Cologne to Strasbourg Our trip actually began the day before in Amsterdam. After work, we drove to Cologne, Germany, where we worked remotely for a day before continuing onward. So our vacation officially after work…