LauraAug 7, 20198 minThe End (Weekly Recap, Weeks 42-43, July 15-30, 2019)When we left on this trip on September 30, 2018, nearly everything was open ended. We bought three one way tickets to Rome just in time f...
LauraAug 6, 20192 minScandinavia - Weekly Recap (Weeks 40-41, July 1-14, 2019)This stretch of travel started off… bad. I wrote about that here. But it was so epic that I decided to tease it out so I could give Norwa...
LauraJul 5, 20193 minIreland (Weekly Recap, Weeks 38 & 39, June 17-30, 2019) The day we left France I worried we might not feel the warmth of the sun for quite some time. We were heading up to Ireland, and from the...
LauraJun 23, 20193 minThe Tranquility and Anxiety Cocktail (Week 36, June 3-9, 2019) We have just completed a week in Merviel, a tiny village in Ariege, a region in southwestern France that encompasses part of the Pyrenees...
LauraJun 3, 20195 minBarcelona and a String of Bad Luck (Week 35, May 27 - June 2, 2019)Barcelona By the time we’d worked out our dates, lodging in Barcelona was so sparse and pricey that we ended up staying only four nights....
LauraJun 3, 20193 minA 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 givin...
LauraMay 26, 20194 minValencia, Spain (Week 29-32 Recap, April 15, 2019 - May 12, 2019)OK, this hiatus is a bit embarrassing. I don’t think I’d quite realized how long it had been since I’d blogged. I’ve wanted to, but I’ve ...
LauraApr 22, 20195 minMadrid, 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 ...
LauraApr 7, 20195 minAsilah, 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 th...
LauraMar 27, 20194 minAu Revoir Marrakech and a Desert Compromise (Weeks 25-26, March 18 and 25, 2019)Our Marrakech chapter is coming to a close. As we geared up to leave Rome back in November, I realized that it had knocked a few other ci...
LauraMar 14, 20194 minA Year Abroad Side Effect: We're Stay at Home Parents (Weeks 23-24 Recap, March 4, March 11, 2019)I write this as I’m doing something I’ve done only a few times before: leaving WP overnight. I did it first when she was four months old,...
LauraMar 2, 20196 minFes-Marrakech, Tajine-Couscous (Weeks 21-22, February 18 and 25, 2019)There is a silly game I would play with friends after a few glasses of wine, late in the evening when the conversation died down. (I shou...
LauraFeb 16, 20196 minBring Your Baby to Morocco! (Weeks 19-20, Feb 4 and 11, 2019)I have never been anywhere where people love babies as much as Morocco. The medina in Marrakech is just as crowded and chaotic as forecas...
LauraFeb 4, 20195 minFour 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 an...
LauraJan 23, 20192 minEdinburgh and a Milestone (Week 16 Recap - January 14, 2019)One interesting thing I have learned spending three weeks in Scotland is that the Scots take their food very seriously. All I knew about ...
LauraJan 14, 20194 minStormy Skye (Week 14-15 recap, Dec 31, 3018 and Jan 7, 2019)We have chosen our destinations on this trip in a lot of different ways. Rome to start because I had the teaching gig at the American Uni...
LauraDec 31, 20182 minAt Least We Knew It Would Be Tough (Week 12-13 recap, Dec 17 and 24, 2018)I would like to say that a week in four homes in four cities in three countries was not as challenging as we thought it was going to be b...
LauraDec 17, 20185 minWe'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 ticket...
LauraDec 3, 20182 minArrivederci, Italia! (Week 9 Recap - Nov 26, 2018)Arrivederci Italia! The fact that Italy was the first stop on our trip was driven by my teaching appointment at the American University o...
LauraNov 28, 20184 minParma Is a Charmer (Week 8 Recap - Nov 19, 2018)Monday we arrived in Parma. I will admit to being a bit nervous. We loved Bologna and were bummed to only be there for two days. We had a...