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    Laura
    • Jul 2, 2019
    • 7 min

    How to Eat Out with a Toddler on Vacation

    As we look ahead to our 40th week of this trip, I realize that WP will have eaten around 250-300 meals in restaurants by the time she is...

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    Laura
    • Apr 22, 2019
    • 5 min

    Madrid, sí - Week 28 Recap (April 8, 2019)

    After Morocco, the first day in Madrid was a dream. Madrid had everything we missed in Marrakech. To-go coffee. Languages comprehensible...

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    Laura
    • Dec 17, 2018
    • 5 min

    We're Getting Smarter (Week 11 Recap - Dec 10, 2018)

    Week two in Amsterdam, and we managed to start seeing some sights. We each went separately to the Van Gogh Museum (get timed entry...

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    Laura
    • Nov 22, 2018
    • 6 min

    You Should Probably Eat Pizza in Rome

    One of the greatest things about being in Italy is that it feels socially acceptable - even advisable - to eat pizza several times a...

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    Laura
    • Nov 19, 2018
    • 7 min

    Off to Emilia-Romagna (Week 7 Recap - Nov 12, 2018)

    I have said I was ready to leave Rome, but as the date approached, I was filled with dread. We would have to pack and move all our stuff....

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    Laura
    • Nov 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Eat Everything Before We Leave (Week 6 Recap - Nov 5, 2018)

    Our last week in Rome! We kicked off strong with our final set of visitors, Vanessa (a bff from high school) and Alisha (a bff from...

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    Laura
    • Nov 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    Coming to Grips with the New Lifestyle (Week 5 Recap - Oct 29, 2018)

    I will admit that I turned off my New York Times notifications on my phone. Part of our impetus for leaving the US was to leave the 24h...

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    Laura
    • Oct 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    Some Lessons Learned about Eating Out in Rome

    I feel like it’s important to share something about eating out in Rome because when I see mixed reviews about a restaurant I’m...

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    Laura
    • Oct 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    Turning Points (Week 3 Recap - Oct 15, 2018)

    This week we really started to hit our stride. I bought body wash instead of the cheap soap we’d picked up week one, and I got better...

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    Laura
    • Oct 14, 2018
    • 3 min

    Ciao, Piccola! (Week 2 Recap - Oct 8, 2018)

    While San Francisco still doesn’t feel too far off, we’re getting into the swing of being in Rome. Jetlag is a thing of the past. We have...

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    Laura
    • Oct 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Arrival (Week 1 Recap - Oct 1, 2018)

    We landed in Rome just over a week ago. It’s crazy how long you can take to get settled when you really are trying to get settled vs just...

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    We had great jobs and promising Silicon Valley careers. A rent controlled apartment in one of the most expensive cities in the world. A newborn daughter. And yet we walked away from it all (not the newborn). Now we're traveling the world for a year to try to reconnect with what makes each of us happy. You might say we're really going-pher it. Where will we pop up next? 

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