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Traveling with Kids: 10 Tips for Any Road Trip

I love traveling with kids because I simply love to travel.  Of course, I love to travel with my husband, and I love to travel with my girlfriends.    I think leaving home and exploring a new place with someone I love it super exciting. Even if those people are little versions of myself. It’s

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Travel Europe: United Kingdom, Planning Part 1

I have wanted to travel Europe for over 20 years.  Actually, it’s probably closer to 30 years. As I was approaching 40, I decided that a trip to Europe was how I was going to celebrate.  I rallied my two best friends, and we were set. This is the first of our Travel Europe Series

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Travel Europe: United Kingdom Planning Part Two

Travel Europe Planning:  “Is two days in London going to be enough time?” Where are we going? Where will we stay? What Will we do? “Is two days in London going to be enough time?” With the decision of which countries to visit behind us, we could move forward with the details.  We knew we

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Travel Europe: United Kingdom Day 1

London to Edinburgh Minnesota Nice is a thing that we did not experience while across the pond. We did experience Scotland Nice and London Nice, but those “Nices” definitely look different from Minnesota Nice.   We Arrived? When we finally arrived in Edinburgh’s Train Station, the three extremely jet-lagged ladies wandered aimlessly around the station looking

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Travel Europe Day 3, St. Andrews | Fife

Driving a manual on the left side of the road is super easy when you are in the back seat and you have no idea what is going on.  When your main job is to stay relaxed, to pay attention to the emotions of the front-seaters, and maybe try to ease the tension. When your

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Travel Europe Day 2, Edinburgh Part 2

Edinburgh’s  Royal Mile is full of nooks and crannies, alleyways and closes, small courtyards and statues, living and sculpted.  Simply strolling the street is, in and of itself, completely enjoyable. We did a little shopping and picked up some Christmas ornaments for ourselves.  The Royal Mile is full of tourist “crap.” So you do have

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Travel Europe Day 2, Edinburgh Part 1

Culture Lesson #1 How to say Edinburgh correctly The first half of the word is pronounced as you would expect, “Ed-in.”  The second half is very easily misread.  Do not say, “Burg.”  The way you say it is, “Brah” or “Berah.”  Brits and Scots like to add the extra “ah” sound on the end of

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Mom’s Guide to Traveling to Scotland’s Inner Hebrides Islands

The Inner Hebrides are a conglomeration of islands off the west coast of Scotland in the Atlantic Ocean. There are two sets of islands including the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides. When we made our reservation for our 3 Island Tour (sing it in your head like Gilligan’s Island theme song), I had no

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Kid-Friendly Door County, Wisconsin

A Door County Vacation with Kids

Taking a summer vacation in the year of Covid have looked different for many people.  But for our family,  we were thankful that our Door County Wisconsin vacation was affected very little.  We were super grateful since we planned it last fall, and our camping trip is a tradition that we all look forward to

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