Tag: family
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Postcards From Europe: Oh wow we did it! What I’ve learned and would I do it again?
Since we’ve returned I’ve already started researching new trips. I’ve got plenty of time because it will take a few years to save up for another adventure like this, but it clearly answers the question “would I do it again?” I started this account of a trip with a blog I’d written before we left. …
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Postcards From Europe – Days 10-13 – Innsbruck to Home
Day 10 – Rest (kind of) and a bit about grief. Today’s plan was a restful day… well sort of. After a trip to the supermarket we went to visit the beautiful Hofgarten, just a short walk from where we were staying. As we enjoyed the gardens the play area and games with the tennis…
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Postcards From Europe – Days 4-6 – From Vienna through Venice to Rome
Day 4 – Vienna – New is hard. Today we’ve done very few miles – it’s been good to explore one place and know we’re sleeping in the same beds tonight. In the last few days we’ve done a lot of new. Even when it is good, new can be hard. As humans we need…
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Postcards from Europe: Unhelpful assumptions
Day 3: Unhelpful assumptions After a lovely morning in Nuremberg tasting Lebekuchen and Pretzels we travelled onto Vienna. (Another 326 miles). My wonderfully cunning plan to pop to the supermarket conveniently located 2 minutes from our apartment to buy food for dinner was thwarted by the fact that it shut at 5:30pm (just a few…
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Postcards from Europe: The warmth and kindness of strangers
Day 2 – The warmth and kindness of strangers After a lovely morning in Amsterdam we covered another 413 miles by train arriving in Nuremberg in the early evening. Navigating a new place and finding our accommodation wasn’t helped by having to walk through a loud tunnel/underpass with lots of traffic and the fact that…
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Postcards from Europe: And we’re off……
Day 1 – And we’re off First stop Amsterdam. (460 miles so far) We’re travelling light on this trip which feels strangely vulnerable. So many things I typically pack are “just in case,” but when you’re carrying everything to multiple destinations that’s a challenge – what did we really need. I do like to be…