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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
    • Jun 3, 2019
    • 3 min

    A Spanish Roadtrip: Mountains, Wine, and Beach (Weeks 33-34, May 13-26, 2019)

    We left Valencia on a Monday afternoon. It’s always hard to pack up after a month. It starts out fine, we have so much space! We’re...

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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
    • Apr 7, 2019
    • 5 min

    Asilah, Tangier, and a return to Schengen! (Week 27 Recap, April 1, 2019)

    I am writing this from Spain. After 100 days outside the Schengen Visa Zone, we’re back, baby. When we were getting ready to embark on...

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    Laura
    • Mar 12, 2019
    • 4 min

    How to Pack for a Year Abroad with a Baby

    I used to travel with only a carry on. It didn’t matter the length of the trip. I could pack for 5-7 days in a rolling suitcase, and any...

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    Laura
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Hire a Babysitter When You Travel

    Several years before I had a kid myself, I was chatting with a work friend with two young kids who had just gotten back from a week away....

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    Laura
    • Feb 4, 2019
    • 5 min

    Four Months Down - Reflections and Realizations (Weeks 17-18, Jan 21 and 28, 2019)

    On February 1, we boarded a plane from London Gatwick to Marrakech Menara airport. It so happened that we had fevers and chesty coughs...

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    Laura
    • Dec 21, 2018
    • 10 min

    Top Tips for Taking a Trip with a Toddler

    So You’re Taking a Trip Traveling with a little kid can be a joy. We talk to so many more people wherever we go, and have way more...

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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
    • Dec 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    To Pack or Not to Pack: the Car Seat

    Should you bring a car seat on your travels? We debated this heavily. Do we want to lug a carseat around? How much will we really use it?...

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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 14, 2018
    • 5 min

    Jetting through Jetlag

    One of the more demoralizing parts about traveling with a baby is that the things that are annoying about traveling on your own become...

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    Laura
    • Oct 2, 2018
    • 3 min

    Long Haul with a Little One

    To kick off our trip we flew United from SFO to FCO with a connection in Frankfurt (there are almost no direct flights from the Bay to...

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    Laura
    • Sep 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Adventure Begins

    Today, we leave San Francisco. It’s hard to believe the day is actually here. We made the decision to leave about a year ago. We settled...

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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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