Ask anyone at our house, and they’ll tell you they’d rather be at Walt Disney World eating the ears off a Mickey ice cream bar right about now. 20 trips to our “second home” since 2007 have taught us a few things about making the most of each visit, and for this post, I focused on tips and insider secrets that will make spending a long weekend (Thursday-Sunday) at the parks that much more pixie dusted for your family. The very…
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France. It’s okay I guess. If you happen to like gorgeous countryside, cold sparkling water, French men (that’s a whole post in and of itself, short story: they’re hot), cheese, delicious bread and shopping of any variety. Oh, and the south of France is the WORST. So boring and perfectly sunny with warm wave-less ocean and blue skies forever. Basically France and Spain were a wonderland. Plural. It’s a thing. A few months ago I went on…
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// New travel editor Gemma recently took a little weekend side trip in Europe and has the scoop on what you need to see when you travel to Camden Market, England. Which you totally will do after reading this. (I want to jump ship yesterday. But then I always want to travel, especially to Europe.) // Most adolescent girls had a picture of Big Ben taped on their bedroom wall (next to their 2’ x 3’ Jude Law poster). We…
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A handful of weeks ago I mentioned my family trip to Costa Rica where I enjoyed what can only be called a ‘spiritual experience’. If you need a dose of life affirmation in your life, a little yes-you should-be-on-the-planet-and-the-world-is-good, Costa Rica is your girl. I think of countries as genders, don’t you? Germany is totally a dude. Right after we showed up in San Jose (the nation’s capital) we were escorted by minibus to a tour of a coffee plantation…
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You guys, major major Life List stuff has been happening around these parts recently. None of which feels real, because I’m not the sort of person whose life has been filled with exotic vacations up to this point. Growing up, my family’s version of vacation was tent camping next to the Harley gang at the KOA in Reno. Seriously, true story. I don’t even have the vocabulary to express my gratitude to be in a time and place in my…
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– Note from Allison: (post number 2 in a series of 2) Last week my friend Lindsey Johnson {an amazing food blogger you need to know about} took a trip to historic Williamsburg Virginia on behalf of Petit Elefant. Williamsburg looks like an amazing destination for a family trip and I can’t wait to go with my kids. Doesn’t the colonial house look so charming? P.S. Lindsey’s photography is my favorite; all photos were shot by her. — If you’re…
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— Note from Allison: last week my sweet friend Lindsey Johnson {an amazing food blogger you need to know about} took a trip to historic Williamsburg Virginia on behalf of Petit Elefant. Williamsburg looks like an amazing destination for a family trip, I can’t wait to go with my kids. Lindsey is a phenomenal photographer and all the photos in the post belong to her. — As I’ve gotten older I’ve become less of an amusement park person, so…
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I’ve been having a hard time corralling my thoughts about all the World War 2 memorials in Warsaw Poland from our family trip last summer, but it’s time to share. Honestly, a huge part of my desire to visit Warsaw while Viktor’s parents were still alive was so my children would learn about their heritage straight from Babcia and Dziadek {grandma and grandpa} in their home country. The things Viktor’s family has experienced over the last several generations are almost…
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I leave you for the weekend with some photos of Europe. Viktor snapped these pictures from our train car as we were headed into Prague for the day. The children and I were completely sacked out, blissfully oblivious to the whole world {you’ve never slept until you’ve slept on a moving train – I slept like the dead} while Viktor captured the morning calm of a new country. We have shots like this from every different country we visited in…
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