April 19, 2023
Day 9 – Naples and Herculaneum
Our ninth and final day in Italy was one that Noah had been looking forward…
April 17, 2023
Day 7, Part 2 – Pasta Making in Rome
We booked an Airbnb pasta-making experience for our first night in Rome, which promised us…
April 17, 2023
Day 7, Part 1 – Lucca’s Torre delle Oro
We started our morning in Lucca with a leisurely walk until one of the city’s…
April 14, 2023
Day 4 – Bonus Day in Venice
Two nights ago, we received an email from Italian railway Trenitalia that our scheduled train…
April 11, 2023
Day 1 – Arrival in Venice
The flight from Chicago to Rome went as smoothly as we could have asked, with…
April 11, 2023
Day 0 – Chicago
With Noah’s 13th birthday coming up this summer, we gave him the chance to choose…
September 6, 2021
Days 19 and 20 – D.C. to Iowa
Our original east coast itinerary started in Washington D.C., with 2 or 3 nights allocated…
September 4, 2021
Day 18 – Brooklyn Cat Cafe
Our final day in New York City started with laundry duty, as we wanted to…
September 3, 2021
Day 17 – Ear Piercing, 9/11 Memorial, and Chinatown Food Tour
It’s hard to put into words how excited Eilidh was to get her ears pierced.…
September 2, 2021
Day 16 – Manhattan and Brooklyn
I returned to Long Island City to take the kids back to Manhattan to spend…
September 1, 2021
Day 15 – New York City Dining
Every time I visit New York, I try to eat something with avocado for breakfast…
August 31, 2021
Day 14, Part 2 – Arrival in NYC
In 2017 and 2018, our international trips included overnights in New York City, where we’ve…