ESSENTIALS AND TIPS
Essential packing for a weekend with the kids (with Lo & Sons)
If you love traveling, there's also the packing to deal with beforehand. Before children, this was part of the fun for me. The anticipation of going away would slowly build up with every list I would make, every item of clothing I would put aside, each travel-sized toiletry I would purchase... Nowadays (having to pack not just for myself but also ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
Feather Down Farms: a weekend stay on a farm
A couple of weeks back, we picked up the children from school on a Friday afternoon and drove all the way to the very south of Belgium. Reason for our trip was a weekend stay at a Feather Down farm, or in other words, we were going 'glamping' on a real working farm. Feather Down is a concept that originated in ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
Weekend Getaway: Brussels
Brussels is only about 1.5 hours away from Paris and about 2 hours away from London. You can just jump on a train and it will take you directly to this lovely city. I have spent some great weekends there before having kids and would love to go back to show the family around. So ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
Weekend Getaway: Budapest
Have you every been to Budapest? I would love to go! I'm a little bit obsessed by old European capitals at the moment, so Budapest is right at the top of my list of places to visit. One of our lovely readers, Diane, visited Budapest recently and put together a little lists of things to ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
A weekend trip to Barcelona
We just came back from a (long) weekend break in Barcelona, and I really wanted to jot down a few notes about our trip - it was so great! We took the night train from the centre of Paris down to the Spanish border and did one switch onto a train direct into the centre ...
READ MORE
AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam!
We recently visited Esther and Family in Amsterdam, and it was a such a great trip! So great, that the whole train carriage on the way home had to listen to my kids' lamentations about how Amsterdam is so great and Paris is not! I know what they mean-- it is so nice discovering a ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
Weekend Away: Sao Paulo, Brazil
I have always wanted to visit Brazil -- everything about this country feels exciting: beaches, rainforest, samba and carnival! Not to forget Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo! I am super happy that Flavia, a mother of two living in Sao Paulo, agreed to put together a weekend guide to her bustling metropole. I think ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
Weekend Getaway: Rome
Rome is one of my favorite European capitals. When I visited I was so impressed that so much history, from the Romans to the Renaissance and turbulent 19th century, can be found on a relatively small scale. But how easy is it to explore all this history with the whole family? Sarah Petrucci, a true ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
Weekend Getaway: Munich
Courtney and I spent a hilarious weekend seven years ago (pre-children) at the October Fest in Munich. It was great fun: there was a lot of beer, schnapps, bretzels, German sausages, sleeping and card playing involved. I don't think we had ever seen so many people our age in lederhosen and dirndls. It was definitely ...
READ MORE
ESSENTIALS AND TIPS
Weekend Get-Away: Madrid
I love Spain -- the culture, the cities, the people and the great, great food. I have not been to Madrid in years (actually decades) and had no idea if it is a good place to visit with kids. Luckily we got some local intel from the lovely Beatriz. Beatriz, a Spanish native, lives in ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
Chicago Weekend Get-Away
Chicago has a special place in my heart as I lived close by in Illinois a very, very long time ago (between the ages of 6 and 8).... I have vague memories of going up the John Hancock building and trying to get my head around the fact that Lake Michigan is actually a lake ...
READ MORE
PLACES TO VISIT
Weekend get-away: Miami
This weekend get-away post I am very, very excited about as it was written by my very dear friend Petra who I went to college with a long, long time ago in the Kent countryside of snowy England. After college we both moved to London and had some great times - to say the least. ...
READ MORE
ESSENTIALS AND TIPS
Weekend Get-away: Barcelona
To introduce our new weekend getaway feature, here is our first post from Marta in Barcelona. Barcelona is one of my favourite Mediterranean cities. It has the perfect mixture of culture, beauty, beach life and beautiful weather. It always strikes me as such a relaxed city that is easy to explore and perfect to visit ...
READ MORE
